Updated Bullet Points: http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=6910

Earlier Bullet Points:

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

Rev. 08.29.10

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