Posted on 11/28/2010 1:21:58 PM PST by GailA
Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010
Senate Bill 510, that is set to come up for a vote this weekend is being called by some as the most dangerous bill in the history of the US. Essentially it is to our food what the bailouts were to the economy, the only difference being we can live without money.
“If accepted [S 510] would preclude the public’s right to grow, own, trade, transport, share, feed and eat each and every food that nature makes. It will become the most offensive authority against the cultivation, trade and consumption of food and agricultural products of one’s choice. It will be unconstitutional and contrary to natural law or, if you like, the will of God.” ~Dr. Shiv Chopra, Canada Health whistle blower
The passage of this bill will extend control over all food in the US, violating a fundamental human right to food. It will create higher compliance costs for smaller producers, putting them at a competitive disadvantage against corporate farmers and producers who can more easily absorb costs, fees, and possible fines, furthermore products not grown according to designated standards will be considered adulterated and your business records will be subject to warrant less searches by inspectors from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), all this without any evidence that you have violated any law.
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Toll-Free number to the Congressional Switchboard (866) 338-1015. This worked last week when I called Corker and Alexander...BTW Lamar Alexander (TN R) is a CO-SPONSOR of the bill so a LOT of pressure needs to be directed at him.
Bob Corker voted NO on cloture, Alexander sustained from voting on his own bill.
I know earmark bans are in this bill, but why saddle us with FOOD CONTROL along with Health control and Finance control to get what should be a stand alone bill...a earmark ban.
Extremely dangerous bill SB510
http://www.teapartyofwmi.org/forum/topics/extremely-dangerous-bill-sb510
Red_Devil 232
You might want to ping your weekly gardening thread to this threat.
Smells heavily of ADM and Con-Agra, who both give more to ‘pubbies than dems, so don’t assume your “good conservative” congresscritter will vote against it. Call them and carp.
DemoRATS don’t care about the Constitution...they use it for TP.
You can be sure I will, called last week on the issue too.
Under this new law, US food suppliers would need to meet other countries requirements and standards
Hasn’t NAFTA, WTO, GATT done enough to destroy our sovereignty?
Now the Fed’s want control over my garden !!!
Also let my favorite State Senator who is high up in the State GOP, know how displeased with Sen Lamar Alexander for co-sponsoring this commie junk, and told him someone high up in the state GOP should have a ‘talk’ with Sen Alexander and remind him we voted for CONSERVATIVES not RINOS.
I believe prohibition would have been successfully stuffed up the publics backside in todays environment.
They already control finance and health care. So when they control food they can totally control US!
The silver lining....if this goes through, the hippies, foodies, and locavores turn against the Obamination.
pflr
This has got to be satire. Otherwise, are all of our politicians bought and paid for?
This will mean there’ll me no more “farmer’s markets” or “truck farmers”.
Where do I get a permit?
City, county, state, Washington, all of the above?
I understand that it's for the good of the whole and not one person should have more food than any other person has but where does government come into it?
If I have seeds do I have to declare them? (it's just a question, I don't have seeds)...I'm a law abiding soul and all.
seems enough of a reason right there to stomp this one into the ground from whence it came - I'm beginning to understand a little more clearly why the Feds turned the water off to the Central Valley (calif) last year followed by conglomerates buying up the desertified farms.
Seems line the first thing we would have to do is stop the Chem-Agra people from selling only non germinating seeds. How did they ever get away with that one in the first place?
Naturaly RATS and RINOS are all for it.
Think MONSANTO in large quantities.
G Soros just bought hundreds of thousands of shares of Monsanto.
It is his 2nd largest investment—I think only Petrobras- the Brazil oil exploration is larger.
There are hungry people out there that want your produce and government is there to make sure that YOU don't take the law into your own hands and protect your property.
Government is there to help you....at a price.
You should be more appreciative of that.
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