knabe
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-food-safety22-2009oct22,0,514104.story
The cost of reforms in the House bill is estimated at $3.7 billion over five years, with $1.4 billion of that to come from a $500-per-facility fee on food makers.
Durbin said he doesn't yet have a price tag for his bill.
An indication of the breadth of support for reform is the list of co-sponsors on Durbin's bill. It includes five Republicans, including Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, both from Georgia, a state hard-hit by the peanut recall.
"This legislation affords regulators the authority they need to better identify vulnerabilities in our food supply while maintaining the high level of food safety most Americans enjoy and take for granted," Chambliss said in a statement.
Scott Faber, vice president of federal affairs for the Grocery Manufacturers Assn., a trade group that represents food makers, said the regulatory regime has been overwhelmed by the size and scale of a global food supply network, making an overhaul a compelling need.
"There are no obvious substantive or political roadblocks to passing food safety legislation this Congress," Faber said.
so why don't the large processors pay on a revenue basis instead of making everyone pay equally to support the program? from what i can tell, that part isn't in the bill. once again, small business will be hurt. hm. maybe that would be too similar to a fair tax. so i guarantee it won't happen, and if it does, there will be some cutoff that will still hurt expansion of a small business to pass a cost hurdle, just like all legislation which is written by large corporations/lobbies to eliminate small business competition. of course the public drunk on evil food producer reports from the media just suck it up.
The cost of reforms in the House bill is estimated at $3.7 billion over five years, with $1.4 billion of that to come from a $500-per-facility fee on food makers.
Durbin said he doesn't yet have a price tag for his bill.
An indication of the breadth of support for reform is the list of co-sponsors on Durbin's bill. It includes five Republicans, including Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, both from Georgia, a state hard-hit by the peanut recall.
"This legislation affords regulators the authority they need to better identify vulnerabilities in our food supply while maintaining the high level of food safety most Americans enjoy and take for granted," Chambliss said in a statement.
Scott Faber, vice president of federal affairs for the Grocery Manufacturers Assn., a trade group that represents food makers, said the regulatory regime has been overwhelmed by the size and scale of a global food supply network, making an overhaul a compelling need.
"There are no obvious substantive or political roadblocks to passing food safety legislation this Congress," Faber said.
so why don't the large processors pay on a revenue basis instead of making everyone pay equally to support the program? from what i can tell, that part isn't in the bill. once again, small business will be hurt. hm. maybe that would be too similar to a fair tax. so i guarantee it won't happen, and if it does, there will be some cutoff that will still hurt expansion of a small business to pass a cost hurdle, just like all legislation which is written by large corporations/lobbies to eliminate small business competition. of course the public drunk on evil food producer reports from the media just suck it up.
