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  • From: "Norma Sutton" <sweetspringfarm@gmail.com>
  • To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Congressional Sub-Committee Attempts to Mandate NAIS
  • Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:18:58 -0400

Thanks for the heads up. 
Norma

On 6/23/08, Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote:

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thanks to Martin for this alert

Congressional Sub-Committee Attempts to Mandate NAIS
http://nonais.org/2008/06/23/congress-attempts-nais-mandate/


Rep. Rose Delauro, chairwoman of the House Ag Appropriations
Sub-Committee, has inserted pro-NAIS provisions into the Ag
Appropriations bill for 2009. The proposed bill would require the
USDA¢s National School Lunch Program to only buy meat from animals
registered in the National Animal Identification System (NAIS).

The full House Appropriations Committee will vote on the bill this
Thursday, June 26. After that, it will go to the full House. So Action
is Needed NOW. We need everyone to call Rep. Emerson (Missouri
Representative on the House Ag Appropriations Sub-Committee), Rep.
DeLauro (chairwoman of the House Ag Appropriations Sub-Committee), &
Rep. Obey (Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations). See
NAIS Talking Points below.

Call Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (202.225.4404): Ask Rep. Emerson to offer an
amendment to strip pro-NAIS language from the House Ag Appropriations
Bill. Tell Rep. Emerson that Missouri livestock producers are
adamantly opposed to NAIS.

Call Rep. Rosa DeLauro (202-225-3661): Tell Rep. DeLauro to take
pro-NAIS language out of House Ag Appropriations Bill.

Call Rep. Dave Obey (202.225.3365): Ask Rep. Obey to strip the
pro-NAIS language from the House Ag Appropriations Bill.

NAIS Talking Points:
1. NAIS does NOTHING to address food safety issues from the processor
to the consumer.it simply moves the burden from corporate meat
packers, who don¢t follow the rules, to independent livestock producers.

2. Missouri¢s Family Farmers believe it is extremely important to
ensure consumer confidence in the safety and health of the U.S. food
supply while at the same time ensuring the economic viability of
independent livestock producers.But NAIS does not meet the needs of
producers or consumers.

3. The majority (92%) of family farmers in Missouri (and the rest of
the nation) are opposed to NAIS.

4. The Truth About Animal ID.: Creates an undue economic burden on
producers, does not include identification of imported meats, does
nothing to increase consumer choice or confidence, expands packers
ability to unfairly discriminate against family farmers.


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