S 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010, may be the most dangerous bill in the history of the US. It is to our food what the bailout was to our economy, only we can live without money.
“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.” ~Dr. Shiv Chopra, Canada Health whistleblower
It is similar to what India faced with imposition of the salt tax during British rule, only S 510 extends control over all food in the US, violating the fundamental human right to food…
From what I’ve read it’s not illegal but rather it’s yet another excuse to come in your house and steal your property. It’s like the Patriot Act but for food.
A friend of mine who’s a former military police instructor (yes… I know this sort of people) said the oldest principle in his previous line of work was very simple “Never give an order you don’t expect to be obeyed”.
Can the US government send its agents around the country to uproot tomato pants and slaughter chicken? Sure. Can the US government expect to put an end to homegrown food? Absolutely not. Can it expect its agents to kick down the doors of dear old ladies to confiscate their home-made jam and cut down their apple trees? Sure. Can it push on people that homegrown foods are unsafe? Absolutely not. Can it expect to succeed in the end? If you think the War on Drugs is a success, sure.
As Bastiat rightly pointed out when you make thousands of laws you cannot enforce and that go against common sense you end up destroying the sacred value of the law itself. Call it a moral hazard but the old Frenchman was spot on as usual.
The point in making laws is not so they can enforce them to the letter. Its so they can pick and choose when to enforce it to screw people over… or funnel money to special interests ala drug war.
The bill applies only to “food facilities,” and private residences are explicitly excluded from falling under that term. Thus, the bill (if it became law) would not apply to privately produced food grown for one’s own consumption. Rather, it would apply only to commercial operations, such as corporate farms, dairies, and restaurants.
Correction: The bill also explicitly excludes Restaurants from the definition of “food facilitites,” and it appears that farms are also excluded. My mistake. Sorry.