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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@intrex.net>]

Richard Harrison wrote:

>    I think man-made GW won't affect fruit growing real soon----or maybe 
> not at all. But politics(Food Safety Laws, actually) CAN affect 
> NAFEX'ers who sell their fruit, unfortunately, _very quickly_. I know 
> MOST NAFEX'ers don't sell fruit commercially, but some do. It can also 
> affect how we buy the fruit we don't grow ourselves and what might be 
> available to buy. But, again, these things can be taken off-forum after 
> an intial OT post.

As far as I am concerned this is the final word on HR2749/S510:
If you're selling raw fruit or vegetables direct, nothing will be changed for 
you;
if you create any processed products with your produce you're subject to the 
usual
state and county inspections.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: food safety enhancement act
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 23:45:16 -0400
From: STEVE GILMAN <stevegilman@verizon.net>

Actually, there are NO fees or registration for farmers who direct
market their produce to consumers at Farmers markets, CSAs, Roadside
stands -- as well as  grocery stores and restaurants in HR 2749...

HR 2749 still does have a $500 fee for processors who wholesale over
51% of their production built into it -- but the next step for the
legislation is the Senate and S.-510, the Durbin bill, contains NO
user fees. Then there's a House-Senate conference to resolve the
versions -- followed by final votes in both houses of Congress... so
there's a long way to go with many points to impact the outcome...