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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Food safety bill passes out of Senate committee | The Packer ||==|| Now is the time to contact your congressmen and ask for exemption of small farms in S. 510 - bill awaits full Senate consideration
  • Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:48:13 -0500


Now is the time to contact your congressmen and ask for exemption of
small farms in S. 510 - bill awaits full Senate consideration
It is obvious this is going to take a while, maybe until 2010 - so there's time for farmer and citizen action -
Contact Your Congressmen, They Want To Hear From You
We Can Make A Difference

Food safety bill passes out of Senate committee | The Packer
http://thepacker.com/Food-safety-bill-passes-out-of-Senate-committee/Article.aspx?articleid=941857&authorid=117&feedid=215&src=recent

<...>
"With several minor amendments offered and withdrawn, the Nov. 18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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