US: ILLEGAL TO GROW OWN FOOD !
US: Illegal to Grow Own Food
Posted: 2009/03/15From: Source
Growing your own organic food will be illegal.
Congress is about to make it illegal to grow your own food, or for any farm not to purchase and use government mandated chemicals, additives, and pesticides on all food consumed in the United States, violations are subject to a $1,000,000 dollar fine.
Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009
(sponsored by Rosa DeLauro whose husband Stanley Greenburg works for Monsanto)
(my comments in parentheses)
SEC. 401. PROHIBITED ACTS.
It is prohibited--
(1) to manufacture, introduce, deliver for introduction, or receive in interstate commerce any food that is adulterated, misbranded, or otherwise unsafe;
(growing an organic tomato in your backyard is now illegal)
(2) to adulterate or misbrand any food in interstate commerce;
(as is transporting your organic food to another state)
(3) for a food establishment or foreign food establishment to fail to register under section 202, or to operate without a valid registration;
(you are prohibited from growing a tomato in your backyard without purchasing a license then submitting to the following:)
(4) to refuse to permit access to a food establishment or food production facility for the inspection and copying of a record as required under sections 205(f) and 206(a);
(growing a tomato in your backyard without regular government inspections and the purchase and use of mandated chemicals and pesticides from government-approved suppliers)
(5) to fail to establish or maintain any record or to make any report as required under sections 205(f) and 206(b);
(failing to document compliance for all food you produce)
(6) to refuse to permit entry to or inspection of a food establishment as required under section 205;
(growing a tomato without submitting to search and seizure of your personal property)
(7) to fail to provide to the Administrator the results of testing or sampling of food, equipment, or material in contact with food, that is positive for any contaminant under section 205(f)(1)(B);
(growing a tomato without submitting samples to the government to test for mandated additives)
(8) to fail to comply with a provision, regulation, or order of the Administrator under section 202, 203, 204, 206, or 208;
(failure to do whatever you are told)
(9) to slaughter an animal that is capable for use in whole or in part as human food at a food establishment processing any food for commerce, except in compliance with the food safety law;
(same applies to farm animals)
(10) to transfer food in violation of an administrative detention order under section 402 or to remove or alter a required mark or label identifying the food as detained;
(failure to comply with any arbitrary restrictions placed on organically grown food)
(11) to fail to comply with a recall or other order under section 403; or
(12) to otherwise violate the food safety law.
(any reason the government wants to jail or fine you)