[Ag-eq] Fw: Do not Delete Important bill to pay attention to

Wed Sep 15 23:10:55 UTC 2010

Awhile back, I sent to this list information about the FDA Food Modernization Act  which, if passed, can put us small  growers and producers out of business Here is some information about the  senate bill. 
The Controversy Continues: S.510 - the Fake "Food Safety" Bill Bullet Points 

Natural Solutions Foundation
www.HealthFreedomUSA.org
www.HealthFreedomPortal.org
The Voice of Health and Food FreedomT
"FDA Food Safety Modernization Act"
Fake "Food Safety" Bill (S.510 - HR.4739) Threatens Family Farms and More.
Over 1,000,000 Citizen Petition Emails to Congress and the White House say "NO!"
Action Item & Information: http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=6269
Direct Action Link: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4613

1. The House passed the so-called "Food Safety" bill, HR 4739 in July 2009, sending it to the Senate where it is being considered as S.510. The HELP committee "marked-up" the bill in November 2009 and the Manager's Amendments were offered at the beginning of April 2010; sent to the Floor as the Senate went into recess at the end of August 2010. Scheduled to pass in September 2010. This bill remains controversial.

2. The "Manager's Amendments" do not satisfy the Citizens Petition which demands: 

  "Rule of Interpretation - No provision of this act shall be deemed to apply (a) to any home, home-business, homestead, home or community gardens, small farm, organic or natural agricultural activity, (b) to any family farm or ranch, or (c) to any natural or organic food product, including dietary supplements regulated under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994."

3. The bill as written threatens small farm, home, local/organic and community food production with onerous rules that, while perhaps appropriate for industrialized food production, will create impossible "barriers against entry" that will rapidly destroy such local and natural production. No protective language is included in the Senate bill that satisfies these concerns.

4. As an example of the type of controls imposed, Section 106 provides in part for the regulations issued to be kept secret from the public, "In the interest of national security, the Secretary . may determine the time and manner in which the guidance documents issued under paragraph (1) are made public."

5. The bill as written, in effect, incorporates the "HARMonization" provisions of the discredited "Dietary Supplement Safety Act" S.3002 and actually calls upon the FDA to recommend harmonization of American nutritional freedoms with Codex Alimentarius' restrictions [Section 306(c)(5)].

6. Section 404: "Nothing in this Act. shall be construed in a manner inconsistent with. any .treaty or international agreement to which the United States is a party."

7. Section 306(c)(5): "Recommendations on whether and how to harmonize requirements under the Codex Alimentarius."

8. Cost of Program: Section 401, $825,000,000 in the first year. 

9. Recommended: this bill is highly controversial; Senators: keep a "Hold" on this bill.

Respectfully submitted:
Maj. Gen. Albert N. Stubblebine III (US Army Ret) - President
Rima E. Laibow MD - Medical Director
Ralph FucetolaJD - Counsel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: AUDREY WELLNER 
To: undisclosed recipients: 
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 3:55 PM
Subject: Fw: Do not Delete Important bill to pay attention to

      Laurie 
         I don't usually send this type of information out personally but I think this is something you and your husband need to pay attention to immediately.  This plea to take action comes from a very reliable source and should be brought to the attention of ALL the people you know who grow food. This bill is very important for us to stop.  It is another way of destroying our ability to sustain ourselves with healthy food in this country.
         Please pass it on immediately.  After you enter the zip code the form will appear to fill out.  I suggest that you go to the their site first and do some additional research if you have any doubt. 
        Sustain our right to our freedom!

      *Thanks for deleting my name & email address & any other names & email addresses from this message if you plan to forward it. PLEASE use Bcc: for any and ALL emails INSTEAD of Cc: or To: This helps to keep our information private, we might be able to cut down on computer identity theft and spam and hackers taking away our right of freedom of the press.

        Please go to the link below and fill out the form to send msg. to our senators and Katherine Sebilus to stop this bill.  Fill out the form and the msg will get to the senators (cloakroom staff) automatically, we need to stop this bill in order to keep it from our daily personal lives. Gov. will be able to step in and direct how our food will be growing locally if this bill passes. We do not need any more laws. Thanks

        If there is a problem with the link, just copy and paste.

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        These Action Items are So Important That We, AND Oracle Broadcasting, Just Got Knocked Off the Internet To Keep You From Taking Action!

        Defeat S. 510 to prevent the total industrialization of Food: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4613
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        Thanks for deleting my name & email address & any other names & email addresses from this message if you plan to forward it. PLEASE use Bcc: for any and ALL emails INSTEAD of Cc: or To: If you help keep our information private, we might be able to cut down on computer identity theft and spam.