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Subject: [nafex] Fwd: [permaculture] Act now to protect small local food processors
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 12:24:02 -0400
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From: Bob Waldrop <bob@bobwaldrop.net>
Date: Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 10:19 AM
Subject: [permaculture] Act now to protect small local food processors
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
The FDA is up to more shenanigans with their proposals for implementing the
Food Safety Modernization Act (a/k/a Destroy Local Ag Act).
Despite the Tester Hagan amendment mandating exemption of small farms and
food processors, the FDA is moving to apply the exemption for processors to
only those who sell "at the farm gate". Thus opening the doors for severe
regulations of sellers of prepared and processed foods at farmers markets,
stores, etc.
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