Deconstructing Food Safety Legislation
Check out this blog post from Food & Water Watch Western Region Director Elanor Starmer. The blog was posted on Grist and it’s about the controversy surrounding the Food Safety Modernization Act. Find out why our colleague dares to ask, “Can Congress make a food-safety omelet without breaking the wrong eggs?”
“It’s been a long two years since Congress started debating the passage of a new food safety law. While our legislators were busy pontificating, wave after wave of contaminated-food recalls washed across the country, leaving unsuspecting eaters gagging in their wake. Meanwhile, the Internet has surged with rumors claiming that if passed, the bills will give the FDA the power to outlaw organic practices or backyard food growing.” -Elanor Starmer
THE 510 BILL IS A WOLF IN SHEEP CLOTHING,THIS IS AN INTRUSION ON CONTROL OF HOME GROWN PRODUCTS UNDER THE GUISE OF TAKING ON THE LARGE CORPS.THIS IS SET UP TO ENSNARE ALL AND ANY THAT GROW VEGGIES,FROM OUR HOMES,YOU WOULD REGULATE EVERY PRODUCER IN THE COUNTRY,EVEN THE SMALL GUY.We have your number folks a duck is still a duck even if it snarls and we stand united and unafraid and opposing your efforts to stop your take over of the home grown markets in this country,and of our right to our seed!Without which having to depend on this Government we will all starve!