What's For Dinner?

The first new food safety legislation in 70 years, FSMA, the Food Safety Modernization Act, passed in 2011, after 3 high-profile foodborne illness outbreaks in 2006 and 2007. Now FDA has prepared regs to implement it, with comments due November 15th. Aimed at preventing micro bacterial pathogens in produce (not at safety issues related to meat, poultry, eggs, pesticides or antibiotic resistance), FSMA is meeting wide resistance. Hear webinar accounts of rule details, Kathy Ozer of the National Family Farm Coalition, and Jack Kittredge of NOFA. They describes a one-size-fits all approach that makes key organic farming practices illegal, omits due process, and may renege on the Tester-Hagan amendment exempting smaller producers from requirements likely to bankrupt them.