Lucille
03-30-2009, 09:13 PM
HR 875 (& HR 759 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGZL6q-3LOw), come to find out) is finally starting to make the righty rounds:
Congress Democrats attack small farms and roadside produce stands (http://minx.cc/?post=285146)
Meet HR 875. Its a "small" bill, not nearly as voluminous as the Spendulus, and it can easily be read in one sitting if you just want to get the gist of the nightmare it will create. (http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h875/text)
Basically, HR 875 sets up a MASSIVE new government bureaucracy called the Food Safety Administration, and compels anything known as a "food establishment" to register with the federal government (paying registration fees of course) and to submit to inspections that are at different intervals depending on the type of "food establishment" you are.
The (formerly) ubiquitous summer roadside vegetable stand appears to be both Category 3 and 5 "food establishments" since they sells "fresh produce in ready-to-eat raw form" and "stores, holds, or transports food products prior to delivery for retail sale"...
I HopeŽ we can kill the filthy thing(s) in the cradle.
Congress Democrats attack small farms and roadside produce stands (http://minx.cc/?post=285146)
Meet HR 875. Its a "small" bill, not nearly as voluminous as the Spendulus, and it can easily be read in one sitting if you just want to get the gist of the nightmare it will create. (http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h875/text)
Basically, HR 875 sets up a MASSIVE new government bureaucracy called the Food Safety Administration, and compels anything known as a "food establishment" to register with the federal government (paying registration fees of course) and to submit to inspections that are at different intervals depending on the type of "food establishment" you are.
The (formerly) ubiquitous summer roadside vegetable stand appears to be both Category 3 and 5 "food establishments" since they sells "fresh produce in ready-to-eat raw form" and "stores, holds, or transports food products prior to delivery for retail sale"...
I HopeŽ we can kill the filthy thing(s) in the cradle.