Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) is introducing Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 (H.R. 875) to transfer states’ food regulatory powers to a new federal agency, the Food Safety Administration (FSA) under Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). So far all the bill’s sponsors are Democrats. Big surprise there.
For a minute you may think, “Great idea! I’m all for food safety!” But you see, food safety is just a guise to establish yet another federal agency to obstruct normal business through regulation and bury hardworking farmers in tons of paperwork. Not to mention it will take away food regulatory powers of states. Where in the Constitution does it mention the federal government needing to regulate the country’s foods?
This bill will destroy the private farms and small food service companies nationwide. Then it’s the big corporations which have the legal, political, and monetary resources that will survive and thrive. How is that any good for the consumer? Personally, I’d like more choices of where my groceries come from.
