” left the small grower out of the requirements - thank goodness.) “
I’d check the ‘fine print’, here - the last version of the Tester Amendment I saw included the provision that the FDA could rescind this exemption at its discretion - with no provision anywhere in the bill for such quaint things as ‘due process’ or ‘recourse’.....
We’ve been well-and-truly skrood.......
“..at its discretion...”
Thanks. I guess :(
Sort of like what I found in the TSA bill about the gal trying to get her kid’s breast milk through. It is allowed “absent any suspicious behaviour”. Suspicious in her case must have been when she pulled out her copy of the TSA rules to show them they could let it through without getting x-rayed.
This law doesn’t impact my family at all. We will still plant and harvest many vegetables, and give the excess to our church.
I do like that the FDA will finally be able to make tests of vitamins and other “health supplements”. The promoters have had no regulation at all. As Consumer Reports has found, what is on the label is often nowhere near what is in the bottle.
As we depend on gov’t to assure that our meat, poultry, fish are safe to eat, and our medicines are safe, it is reasonable to have an independent review of safety in “dietary supplements”.
Keeping a watch on the predatory charlatans is important.