NESAWG Action Alert!
November 15, 2010 09:42 PM Filed in: ISSUES
Call Your Senators Today To Defend Family Farms and Local and Regional Food Systems
Debate and voting on The Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) is set to begin on the Senate floor on November 17th. The bill takes important steps to improve corporate food safety rules but it is not appropriate for small farms and food processors that sell to restaurants, food coops, groceries, schools, wholesalers and at farm stands and farmers markets.
These farms and entrepreneurs should have food safety plans appropriate to their size and processing practices. It is critical that food safety protections don’t inadvertently harm family farm value-added processing, and the growing investments in local and regional food systems by imposing expensive, one-size-fits- all rules.
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Debate and voting on The Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) is set to begin on the Senate floor on November 17th. The bill takes important steps to improve corporate food safety rules but it is not appropriate for small farms and food processors that sell to restaurants, food coops, groceries, schools, wholesalers and at farm stands and farmers markets.
These farms and entrepreneurs should have food safety plans appropriate to their size and processing practices. It is critical that food safety protections don’t inadvertently harm family farm value-added processing, and the growing investments in local and regional food systems by imposing expensive, one-size-fits- all rules.
CLICK HERE TO TAKE ACTION
