Food Safety Modernization Act Would Outlaw Gardening And Saving Seeds

Senate Bill S510, Food Safety Modernization Act Vote Imminent: Would Outlaw Gardening And Saving Seeds

Senate Bill 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, has been called "the most dangerous bill in the history of the United States of America."  Now I don't think I would go that far with all that comes out of Washington these days. It would however grant the U.S. government new authority over the public's right to grow, trade and transport any foods.

This would give Big brother the power to regulate the tomato plants in your backyard. It would grant them the power to arrest and imprison people selling cucumbers at farmer's markets. It would criminalize the transporting of organic produce if you don't comply with the authoritarian rules of the federal government.

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By
Joseph
Hovanec

This bill is a perfect example of good intentions gone awry. We have seen a myriad of examples of this over the years.  Most Legislation intended to fix a particular problem or issue that actually should be fixed gos to far. Lawmakers are never satisfied to simply write Legislation to solve a particular problem, they add other provisions that create more problems than they fix, and sometimes the original purpose of the law is never realized.  As is the case with the Health Care Law and the Employee Free Choice Act, this bill easily falls into that category of Legislation gone to far.

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