April 8 - If you want to modernize, you must federalize
The bill: HR 875. The name: Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009.
It seems Connecticut Democrat Rosa Delauro thinks that ALL farmers and ranchers should be subjects of the state. ANYONE who transports food for sale would be vulnerable to unreasonable search and seizure (now where have I seen that before?). At anytime and anyplace the government can randomly take a farmer's products or records as part of the inspection.
Refusal to register: $1 million.
Refusal to comply: $1 million.
Killing local farms: priceless.