OT heads up- long

Steve Peek · 2010-12-06T16:14:59+00:00

Herbal Legacy subscribers, it is time to take action! Last week theSenate passed a bill (S.510 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act) thatmassively increases the scope of what the FDA can do. Dr. Shiv Choprahad this to say about the bill:"If accepted [S 510] would preclude the public's right to grow, own,trade, transport, share, feed and eat each and every food that naturemakes . It will become the most offensive authority against thecultivation, trade and consumption of food and agricultural productsof one's choice. It will be unconstitutional and contrary to naturallaw or, if you like, the will of God."The bill goes to the House of Representatives, and it is important foryou to contact your Representative now to stop this bill from becominglaw!Citizens for Health is making it easy for you to contact yourrepresentative - just visit: your zip code and it will bring up a letter that you can readand edit and will be sent directly to your representative.If you would like more information before sending the e-mail, here isa link to a summary of the bill, followed by an article about thebill: it comes to S. 510, the question that you need to ask yourself isthis....Do you trust the FDA?If not, then there are some very real reasons for you to beconcerned.The following are 12 reasons why S. 510 could be absolutely disastrousfor small food producers and for the U.S. economy....#1 All food production facilities in the United States will berequired to register with the U.S. government. No food will be allowedto be grown, distributed or sold outside this bureaucratic frameworkunless the FDA allows it.#2 Any food that is distributed or sold outside of U.S. governmentcontrol will be considered illegal smuggling.#3 The FDA will hire an army of new inspectors to enforce all of thenew provisions in the bill.#4 The FDA will be mandated to conduct much more frequent inspectionsof food processing facilities.#5 The fees and paperwork requirements will be ruinously expensive forsmall food...