permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>]

Now is the time to contact your congressmen and ask for exemption of 
small farms in S. 510 - bill awaits full Senate consideration

Food safety bill passes out of Senate committee | The Packer
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"With several minor amendments offered and withdrawn, the Nov. 18 
committee markup of S. 510 was fairly anticlimactic, said Robert 
Guenther, senior vice president of public policy for the United Fresh 
Produce Association.

Guenther said legislators will likely continue working on issues such as 
the role of finished product testing and how the bill will handle 
regulation of small growers until the full Senate considers the bill.

While the timetable for Senate consideration is unclear, Guenther said 
it may be pushed into next year.

Senate leadership is striving to take up the health care bill before 
Christmas, he said.

Congressional leaders also may want to push the bill to 2010 because of 
election year considerations, said Cathy Enright, vice president of 
government affairs for Western Growers' Washington, D.C., office."
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