McReynolds: ‘Food Safety’ bill could kill sustainable farming
Roland McReynolds, executive director of the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, recently wrote a guest post over on concerning Senate Bill 510, otherwise known as the Food Safety Modernization Act:
Congress is debating legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wide-ranging new authority over farming practices and food production. In its current form, the bill’s requirements would be impossible for many small-scale farmers and food processors to fulfill.
In other words, small farms committed to producing healthy food are the ones that could be driven out of business by initiatives designed to ensure food “safety.”
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