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StarveBy JGillman, Section News
How incredible that on the eve of thanksgiving, with its promise of high caloric abundance, that our federal masters would be talking about limiting the way in which we feed ourselves.
And our senatorial tyrants Carl Levin, and Debbie Stabenow are a part of this plan. S.510 which failed to get traction BEFORE the election is back on the table, and is expected to gain enough support for a vote on Monday. The bill dubbed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act is touted by its promoters as a way to promise standard rules for consistency in food production and a means in which government can ensure compliance with those measures. Like other grand government efforts it has promise of some dire consequence as well. Mostly for small farms, farmers market participants, local growers, and anyone who cannot afford a team of lawyers ready and able to challenge the best intentions of our benevolent and all protecting federal tyranny. Whats the problem with food safety being advanced?
The fears brought about by a number of contamination incidents has created a bit of a concern on food handling practices, the ability to track contamination to its source and liability issues.
The liability issues are used to suggest small farms and growers are incapable of providing relief and covering losses due to contamination lawsuits. The position supported by our very own Senator is one that would eliminate that trouble. The filter that demonstrates ability to withstand lawsuit and provide relief is the underlying regulatory structure that resides in this bill. Drop in inspections, compliance measures affordable to only large producers, and a nightmare of bureaucracy the is prohibited to most. If you would ever like to start a farm after this is passed, don't even try. What is the ultimate analysis? Where does that leave the rest of us? In Traverse City, there are a number of folks who supplement their income by providing spices in the local farm market. Some farmers who participate grow only a few items, and the farm market revenues mean the difference in their bottom line. Some would not survive without that little difference. At some point, as with everything our government gets its hands into, production of such wonderful things as tomatoes, beans, corn and other grown goods will 'necessarily' come to an end in too many places. Traverse City is not alone. This where we have come. Fears of contamination may well be an issue that government has a legitimate 'general welfare' position to play, but as food prices rise above affordability and the fear of hunger grows, a dirty carrot might well be the last thing to concern us.
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