[Toddsterpatriot]

require that each person (excluding farms and restaurants) who manufactures, processes, packs, distributes, receives, holds, or imports an article of food permit inspection of his or her records if the Secretary believes that there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to such food will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

If you're not manufacturing, processing, packing, distributing, receiving, holding, or importing an article of food, you'll be fine. You can stop panicking now.

[HiTech RedNeck]

My cupboards bust me red handed.

[Black Agnes]

So, those tomatoes in my dehydrator right now. Good? Illegal?

What about the 8 pints of jalapeno pepper rings I pickled and water bath canned this week?

Or the 200 ears of sweet corn I blanched and froze back in July.

Does any of that count?

Sounds like ‘manufacturing, processing, packing’ to me. And since we’re not a ‘farm’, I guess that’s all illegal now.

All it will take is *one* death from something poorly home processed and home processing will be ‘reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to such food will cause serious adverse health consequences or death’.

Because we all know home canning is *very* dangerous but large peanut processing facilities are squeaky clean. If you don’t mind the rat feces and rodent hairs and occasional bouts of salmonella poisoning.

[I see my hands]

"you'll be fine"

Wake up.

[Netizen]

require that each person (excluding farms and restaurants) who manufactures, processes, packs, distributes, receives, holds, or imports an article of food permit inspection of his or her records if the Secretary believes that there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to such food will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

Wouldn't canning items would fall under processing, maybe even manufacturing.

[DelaWhere]

>>>If you’re not manufacturing, processing, packing, distributing, receiving, holding, or importing an article of food, you’ll be fine. You can stop panicking now.<<<

Well, not quite - Under it, FDA can confiscate all food - including stocks of food - even on a regional basis - at their discretion.

PLUS, do you know that in almost every state it is illegal to give, sell or convey a plant to anyone - without an inspection and license... Yep... They came out with ‘Model Legislation’ and states are pushed into it or they lose federal funding - including my own.

It is illegal for me to grow tomato plants and give them to my two grown daughters - Unless - I apply for a permit and have them perform an inspection... Same with seeds.

One gigantic melofahess!