Herbal Legacy subscribers, it is time to take action! Last week the
Senate passed a bill (S.510 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act) that
massively increases the scope of what the FDA can do. Dr. Shiv Chopra
had this to say about the bill:

"If accepted [S 510] would preclude the public's right to grow, own,
trade, transport, share, feed and eat each and every food that nature
makes . It will become the most offensive authority against the
cultivation, trade and consumption of food and agricultural products
of one's choice. It will be unconstitutional and contrary to natural
law or, if you like, the will of God."

The bill goes to the House of Representatives, and it is important for
you to contact your Representative now to stop this bill from becoming
law!

Citizens for Health is making it easy for you to contact your
representative - just visit:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o...ction_KEY=5285

enter your zip code and it will bring up a letter that you can read
and edit and will be sent directly to your representative.

If you would like more information before sending the e-mail, here is
a link to a summary of the bill, followed by an article about the
bill:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...10&tab=summary

When it comes to S. 510, the question that you need to ask yourself is
this....

Do you trust the FDA?

If not, then there are some very real reasons for you to be
concerned.

The following are 12 reasons why S. 510 could be absolutely disastrous
for small food producers and for the U.S. economy....

#1 All food production facilities in the United States will be
required to register with the U.S. government. No food will be allowed
to be grown, distributed or sold outside this bureaucratic framework
unless the FDA allows it.



#2 Any food that is distributed or sold outside of U.S. government
control will be considered illegal smuggling.



#3 The FDA will hire an army of new inspectors to enforce all of the
new provisions in the bill.



#4 The FDA will be mandated to conduct much more frequent inspections
of food processing facilities.



#5 The fees and paperwork requirements will be ruinously expensive for
small food producers and organic farms.



#6 Senate Bill 510 would place all U.S. food and all U.S. farms under
the Department of Homeland Security in the event of a major
"contamination" or an "emergency". What exactly would constitute a
"contamination" or an "emergency" is anyone's guess.



#7 S 510 mandates that the FDA facilitate harmonization of American
food laws with Codex Alimentarius.



#8 S 510 imposes an annual registration fee on any facility that
holds, processes, or manufactures food. It also includes draconian
fines for paperwork infractions of up to $500,000 for a single
offense. Just one penalty like that would drive a small food producer
out of business.



#9 S. 510 would give the FDA tremendous discretion to regulate how
crops are grown and how food is produced in the United States.
Basically, small farmers and organic farmers will now be forced to
farm exactly how the federal government tells them to. It is feared
that the U.S. government would soon declare that many organic farming
methods are "unsafe" and would outlaw them. In addition, there is the
very real possibility that at some point the U.S. government could
decide that the only "safe" seed for a particular crop is genetically
modified seed and would require all farmers to use it.



#10 S 510 will give the FDA the power to impose a quarantine on a
specific geographic area. Basically the FDA would have the power to
stop the movement of all food in an area where a "contamination" has
been identified. This would be very close to being able to declare
martial law.



#11 S 510 will give the FDA the power to conduct warrantless searches
of the business records of small food producers and organic farmers,
even if there has been no evidence at all that a law has been broken.



#12 Opponents of S. 510 believe that it would eliminate the right to
clean and store seed. Therefore, control of the U.S. seed supply would
be further centralized in the hands of Monsanto and other
multinational corporations.



As mentioned above, this bill gives the FDA a ton of discretion. It is
written very broadly and very vaguely. It opens the door for all kinds
of abuses, but that doesn't mean that the FDA will behave
unreasonably.

Article Source:
http://www.truthistreason.net/senate...tory-of-the-us



Please take a minute and contact your representative today:



http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o...ction_KEY=5285

Yours in the Natural State!
Dr. Karl D. Buchanan