anyone who cares about the supplement industry

[needtogetaas]

https://secure3.convio.net/aahf/site...rAction&id=392

They are about the fuck the industry right in the ass with this one. Please do all you can. Fill it out and send it along. Thank you

[JAR OF NATTY]

done and done

[needtogetaas]

done and done

Thank you bro.

[Peaceful28]

Done!

[IronFlex]

Done

[Mudpro69]

Done

[B7emm]

Done

[Jello]

Done!!!!

[SpeedoGuido]

Shouldn't the AAHF be more specific on what needs to be changed in bill HR2749?
Seems useless to send a message to Senators & Representative that basically just says "please change this bill because it ain't no good"

Quoted from the AAHF message to Senators & Representatives:
Please protect the consumer, the small businessperson, the family farm, and supplement producers. Either insist on drastic amendments to HR2749, or help defeat it altogether. The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 as currently drafted is a bad and dangerous bill.








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["Rodz"]

Its gotta stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[IronFlex]

Shouldn't the AAHF be more specific on what needs to be changed in bill HR2749?
Seems useless to send a message to Senators & Representative that basically just says "please change this bill because it ain't no good"

Quoted from the AAHF message to Senators & Representatives:
Please protect the consumer, the small businessperson, the family farm, and supplement producers. Either insist on drastic amendments to HR2749, or help defeat it altogether. The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 as currently drafted is a bad and dangerous bill.








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The main point is to show that this is not wanted by the consumers, if it happens you will see a big drop in supplement companies and sellers.

[SpeedoGuido]

The main point is to show that this is not wanted by the consumers, if it happens you will see a big drop in supplement companies and sellers.

Did you read HR 2749? It's 109 pages long. The points that need to be amended or removed should be brought to the attention of the Representatives and Senators..... because god knows they are not going to take time to read the whole bill..... but what do I know.......




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[IronFlex]

Did you read HR 2749? It's 109 pages long. The points that need to be amended or removed should be brought to the attention of the Representatives and Senators..... because god knows they are not going to take time to read the whole bill..... but what do I know.......




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nah your probably spot on with them not reading...i didnt read the whole thing but it will cripple the industry from what i read.

[SpeedoGuido]

nah your probably spot on with them not reading...i didnt read the whole thing but it will cripple the industry from what i read.

Oh, it gets worse!

Some of the disconcerting and dire provisions within the bill include:

- HR 2749 will require the mandatory imposition of annual registration fees in the amount of $500 upon any "facility" that holds, processes, or manufactures food. Even though "farms" are exempt, the bill's definition of "farm" is so scarcely defined that folks selling cheeses, breads, and other products from their farms or at the farmers market would be required to pay this fee, potentially driving many small producers and start-ups out of business, especially during tough times.

- HR 2749 will give FDA the power to directly regulate the methods by which crops are raised and harvested, essentially handing complete and total control of every farming operation to the federal government.

- HR 2749 will give FDA the power to halt the movement of all food in a particular geographic area in the event of a food contamination scare or outbreak. The provision directly includes "prohibiting or restricting the movement of food or of any vehicle being used or that has been used to transport or hold such food within the geographic area", effectively shutting down any and all local food sources, farmers markets, or cooperatives within that area, even if their products have no connection to the actual contamination source.

- HR 2749 will give limitless power to FDA to conduct random searches of the business records of small farmers and local food providers without a warrant or even the slightest hint of evidence that there has been any sort of violation. It essentially allows clear passage by the federal government into the private records of its choice with no requirement of probable cause or legitimate reason for doing so.

- HR 2749 will appoint the Secretary of Health and Human Services as the taskmaster in establishing a food tracing system that will require an extensive, convoluted system of tracking each item and ingredient from origin to distribution. Because the bill fails to outline the logistical procedures for how this complex task will be accomplished and how it will be paid for, it once again hands an unprecedented amount of power over to the federal government to control and tax as it sees fit in order to accomplish whatever arbitrary requirements it wishes to inflict upon our farmers and food producers.

- HR 2749 imposes grievous criminal and civil penalties, including fines of up to $100,000 for each violation, per individual, and up to 10 years in prison.

It is obvious from investigation that this bill presents incredibly ominous ramifications for small, local farmers, local food producers, and anyone else who grows or sells food. It favors industrial, factory food operators, who are the perpetrators of food contamination, at the expense of small providers who many have come to rely upon for safe and nutritious fare. The bill also shifts a monumental and unprecedented amount of power and control to the federal government to dominate everything from the produce in the grocery store to the peppers a backyard farmer sells to his neighbor.

The impetus with which this bill is making its way through the legislative gauntlet is alarming and calls for immediate action in stopping it dead in its tracks. FTCLDF is urging everyone to contact their representatives and ask to speak with the staffers who handle food issues. Each person should explain that he or she is aware of the bill and its implications and opposes it. Some FTCLDF talking points include, summarily:

- The bill fails to target the true culprits of food contamination, primarily the industrial food system and food imports while unfairly burdening small and local food producers and providers.

- Food safety would improve if the regulatory burdens on small farms and local food processors were decreased, not increased as this bill does.

- The bill immensely increases FDA power while simultaneously decreasing the agency's accountability for its actions.

The most significant effects are the drastic increases in federal government control over food in general. It is important to emphasize this fact and definitively oppose it.

Sources:

Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund - HR 2749

[needtogetaas]

Well I am 100% on board with anyone who has an idea on how to fight this thing. I just hope we all do not sit on our hands and so nothing. We really need to get some big people involved with this and get the word out. Maybe Dave will be speaking on this topic soon?