The Senate in another episode of total corruption and blatant destruction of this country just passed monsanto's food control bill where no one can grow their own food. The house may lay the final axe tomorrow.

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Thanks for the link to the article!

Here is a bit more information on what is actually in the Bill that was in the Comments section --

"There are some who will tell you farms are specifically exempt from this bill. However that only applies to amended sections of the Food Drug and Cosmetics Act.

Parts that do concern farmers:

Sec. 102. (c) (1) (A) amends the definition of “retail food establishment” to include those selling directly to consumers at a roadside stand or farmers’ market.

The Tester Amendment, which is touted as exempting anyone making less than $500,000 requires those seeking exemption to register with the FDA, provide 3 years of comprehensive financial records (Page 4, line 11) as well as “Documentation that the owner, operator or agent of the facility has identified potential hazards associated with the food being processed, is implementing preventative control to address those hazards and is monitoring the preventative controls to ensure that such controls are effective (Pg. 5 line 20)as well as “Documentation (which MAY include licenses, inspection reports, certificated, permits, credentials, certification by an appropriate agency (such as the State Department of Agriculture) or other evidence of oversight, AS SPECIFIED BY THE SECRETARY (Pg 6 Line 5). Which means the Secretary has the discretion to change the requirements whenever she\he deems fit.

So I’d have to submit comprehensive plans in order to be exempt from creating them. These plans include how I’ll deal with a terrorist attack on my farm. I also would have to agree to searches of my property any time the FDA decided it is necessary.

Page 52-53 allows the Secretary to revoke the exemption if “it is necessary to protect the public health and prevent or mitigate a food born illness based on conduct or conditions associated with a farm…. Sounds like a good idea until you look at Sec. 207 Administrative Detention of Food (Pg. 163 Lines 12-16) were “credible evidence or information indicating” is replaced by “reason to believe”. So no proof needed, just the word of a Star Chamber.

This includes violations of Sec. 419 STANDARDS FOR PRODUCE SAFETY Pg. 42 line 19 “included, with respect to growing, harvesting, sorting, packing, and storage operations, science-based minimum standards related to soil amendments, hygiene, packaging, temperature controls, animals in the growing area, and water.”
What are these standards? Don’t know ’cause like so many of the other aspects of this bill (including certain penalties) they haven’t been determined yet. What we do know is this also covers seeds saved and stored from previous harvests because seeds may be used as food for humans or livestock. The FDA is already shutting down seed cleaning operations across the nation because they cannot comply with new standards thrown at them.

And let’s not forget about Sec. 404. COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS Pg. 239 Line 20 “Nothing in this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) shall be construed in a manner inconsistent with the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization or any other treaty or international agreement to which the United States is a party.

This is a way to implement Codex Alimentarius which is based on Napoleonic legal code whereby anything that is not explicitly permitted is automatically forbidden. It is designed to control EVERY aspect of how food and nutritional supplements are produced and sold.

These are just a few of the more obvious problems with this bill."

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And this is from Mike Adams from Natural News, who has been keeping us up to date on this almost-2000 page monstrosity along with other Health Freedom Fighters --

S 510 Fake Food Safety bill Passed by Senate in late-night sneak attack on Small Farmers and Food Freedom

[www.naturalnews.com]

Just passed by the house and now law, stop growing your food and eat only what monsanto gives you.

Here is the full text of the bill. I did a word search for "garden" and found 0 hits so how does this law affect people growing their own food?

"small business" showed up 34 times.

"roadside" showed up once and that was to say that roadside stands are considered retail food establisments.

[www.govtrack.us]

I think it's much less serious than people might think, after all, they would be stretched thin to enforce a ban on gardening and people love the roadside stalls and farmer's markets. Even the Soviets couldn't stop people from growing and selling their own food back in communist Russia.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/22/2010 09:38AM by tropical.

tropical,

Thanks for reminding us that critical analysis of the bill does not necessarily reveal the need to panic

it is a sad state of affairs but honestly i am not surprised... Monsanto is like a a big spoiled kid they just keep pushing until they get what they want... they have money they have power they have no scruples... It's almost a good thing though because we know!!! they do weird things to our food and don't feel the need to tell us just what those weird things are... maybe if it's law... and a big maybe at that... they will be held more accountable ... because they are going to keep doing what they are doing whether the law is passed or not!!!

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