http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.778:
This is good news! Please lend your support.
ACTION TO TAKE
HR 778 has been assigned to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Those supporting
the bill should contact members of the Committee as well as their own Representative to
encourage them to sign on as co-sponsors for the bill. See links and committee members
below.
Supporters of the bill are encouraged to write letters and make phone calls. Letters of
one page or less can be sent to each member by email and then sent by postal mail.
Suggested points to make in the letter are as follows.
1. The bill upholds consumer freedom of choice. The consumption of raw dairy products
is legal in all fifty states. The bill enables consumers to exercise their legal right
in States where the sale of raw milk and/or raw milk products is illegal or where there
are no in-State sources.
2. The bill upholds States' rights. Decisions about the safety of raw milk should be
made at the state and local level, not by the federal government.
3. The bill supports family farms by expanding their markets for raw dairy products.
The bill increases the chances of survival for those dairies that are no longer able to
subsist solely on the income from the dairy cooperative system.
4. The bill promotes the local food movement by connecting consumers to producers who
happen to live just over state lines.
5. The bill would free FDA to focus on the pressing problems in our food system, e.g.,
tainted imports, under-inspected large-scale food processors.
The status of the bill can be tracked on the internet by entering "HR 778" in
the Search field at www.thomas.gov; be sure to select "Bill Number" instead of "Word/Phrase".
Visit www.farmtoconsumer.org for more information and links.
This is good news! Please lend your support.
ACTION TO TAKE
HR 778 has been assigned to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Those supporting
the bill should contact members of the Committee as well as their own Representative to
encourage them to sign on as co-sponsors for the bill. See links and committee members
below.
Supporters of the bill are encouraged to write letters and make phone calls. Letters of
one page or less can be sent to each member by email and then sent by postal mail.
Suggested points to make in the letter are as follows.
1. The bill upholds consumer freedom of choice. The consumption of raw dairy products
is legal in all fifty states. The bill enables consumers to exercise their legal right
in States where the sale of raw milk and/or raw milk products is illegal or where there
are no in-State sources.
2. The bill upholds States' rights. Decisions about the safety of raw milk should be
made at the state and local level, not by the federal government.
3. The bill supports family farms by expanding their markets for raw dairy products.
The bill increases the chances of survival for those dairies that are no longer able to
subsist solely on the income from the dairy cooperative system.
4. The bill promotes the local food movement by connecting consumers to producers who
happen to live just over state lines.
5. The bill would free FDA to focus on the pressing problems in our food system, e.g.,
tainted imports, under-inspected large-scale food processors.
The status of the bill can be tracked on the internet by entering "HR 778" in
the Search field at www.thomas.gov; be sure to select "Bill Number" instead of "Word/Phrase".
Visit www.farmtoconsumer.org for more information and links.
