S2758: Another fake food safety bill magically appears

                   

 by: Marti Oakley and the PPJ Alliance

Update: On page 7, there is the whole list of “best practices”  On the surface this would seem to be about giving grant money, and they are focusing on “small and medium size farms and processors.  (Why don’t they train and educate the BIG PRODUCERS causing the food safety problems?!)
Anyhow, at a glance, I’m bothered that most definitions will be “determined by the Secretary” or “meaning given by the Secretary”
I’m really bothered that the “Agricultural Producer Group” (and what is their purpose – are they a board of some sort to advise?) seems like it might consist of BigAg since the wording is so vague.  Dee West

 

                            Happy Holidays! 

Another special gift from congress just in time for the 2009 Holiday Season!

S.2758:  “The National Food Safety Training, Education, Extension, Outreach and Technical Assistance Program Act.” 

 

• S2758 introduced by Debbie Stabenow (MI) with co-sponsors:
• Bingaman (NM),
• Boxer (CA),
• Gillibrand (NY),
• Leahy (VT),
• Merkley (OR),
• Sanders (VT).

I have no doubt this bill is nothing less than the consolidation of S510 and HR 2749 and if presented as such, it may not be necessary to refer it back to any committee for further debate.  I suspect it will simply be introduced in the middle of the night and passed with tons of added pork barrel spending and arm twisting. 

At this point I suppose we should be encouraging all of you to write or call your senators and representatives, but as we don’t have millions of dollars to contribute to political campaigns, nor are we in a position to have six highly paid lobbyists for each and every elected official we already know they have no time for us.  None of them will answer your calls, respond to your letters or in any way give any time or attention to your concerns.  They’ll do whatever they are paid to do and then collect a nice big fat salary from us on top of that. 

THIS IS YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK; THIS IS YOUR GOVERNMENT WORKING AGAINST YOU!

We are to be in full compliance with the unconstitutional and treasonous Codex Alimentarius, resulting in the forced forfeiture of private property rights, the freedom to choose what we eat and where it comes from; the right to determine the course of our own lives. 

The corporation that is the government of the United States has committed to this illegal agreement, and has agreed to be in full compliance by December 31, 2009.   Congress doesn’t have much time left to meet this deadline before it breaks for the holidays.  We already know they will sell us out in a heartbeat whether there is an (R) or (D) after their respective names.

With obvious premeditation and with willing accomplices who are still howling about S510 and how we need to watch out for that because it has been marked up for debate…here’s the icing on the cake.

S 2758 has been in the planning and staging process for quite some time just as was HR.2749, the fake food safety bill that came out of nowhere and got passed in just under two weeks while many of us were still reeling from the contents of HR 795 & 850.  While we were diverted fighting these “bait” bills, Hr 2749 was prepped up and shoved down our throats.  The same thing is happening here with S 510. We are being diverted while this coup’ against independent and family farms goes on unimpeded.

This “new and improved!” piece of legislative crap is the codification and full compliance with Codex Alimentarius.  Loaded with “Good Farming Practices’, Good Land Management”, all kinds of good this, good that; all of it nothing but Codex and the seizure of the US food production and supply.  It will mean the total takeover of agriculture by multi-national corporations of our agricultural sector using OUR government to get the job done, handing it neatly over to the corporate sector who I am sure will reward them all handsomely.

We’ll keep you updated.

 PPJ Alliance