The USDA is claiming that NAIS will promote Food Safety and Disease Prevention. The proposed regulations will not increase Food Safety but will actually cause the USDA to turn from food safety to revenue generation. A study of asset forfeiture’s impact on police procedure. Drug Enforcements Double-Edged Sword: An Assessment of Asset Forfieture Programs said the policy forces law enforcement agencies to subordinate justice to profit.

THE EFFECTS OF FORFEITURE:
A simple clerical error in Medicare billing can subject a physician to a full audit of his medical practice and to forfeiture of all of his assets. This epidemic of witch-hunting in medicine separates doctors from the practice of medicine and makes them the adversaries of their patients. It began in 1992 with a groundbreaking case of Medicare fraud in which a testing action once standard among health care providers was deemed fraudulent.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office charged that La Jolla-based National Health Laboratories, one of the nation’s largest medical laboratory chains, conducted unneeded medical tests on patients to inflate lab charges….NME agreed to pay the government more than $362 million, and a former company executive faces up to 10 years in prison. Medicare regulations occupy hundreds of thousands of pages, and to understand them a doctor would have to relinquish medicine for a new career in Medicare law. Is it too expensive to be a primary care doctor? Yes and it results in a growing shortage of primary care physicians. (Vets take note)

Under forfeiture statutes, innocent owners of property or money, never charged with a crime, still must prove their innocence through complex proceedings. . Under civil asset forfeiture laws, the simple possession of cash, with no drugs or other contraband, can be considered evidence of criminal activity. [premise id is a license to search without cause]

Results from the Asset Forfeiture study above revealed a concentration on seizing real property with a high value. In addition, real property seizures are preplanned and commonly made under the controversial facilitation statute.

EXAMPLES FROM THE STUDY:
When asked why a search warrant would not be served on a suspect known to have resale quantities of contraband one officer responded:
“Because that would just give us a bunch of dope and the hassle of having to book him (the suspect). We’ve got all the dope we need in the property room, just stick to rounding up cases with big money and stay away from warrants.”

In another case officers were instructed to wait until most of a large shipment was converted into cash.

This perversion of law enforcement priorities was the subject of an empirical study “Efficiency is measured by the amount of money seized rather than impact on drug trafficking.” , Drug Enforcements Double-Edged Sword: An Assessment of Asset Forfieture Programs described forfeiture as a “dysfunctional policy” that forces law enforcement agencies to subordinate justice to profit.

Is there evidence that the USDA is turning away from Food Safety?

Government testing for bovine tuberculosis in California from 10,576 tests in 1995 to 5,100 in 1994 to 1,425 in 1999, USDA border checks turned over to Chihuahuan Cattle Producers’ Association despite the high prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in Mexican cattle. Dr. Logan… said, “the disease is extremely rare in U.S. herds. How- ever, more TB-lesioned cattle are being detected at slaughter, and ear tags indicate that many of these animals are of Mexican origin.” Prior to 1994, only eight wild white-tailed or mule deer had been reported with bovine TB in North America To date, 397 deer and two elk were confirmed with disease.
“…it frustrates me and many of my members when we are told by our supervisors… not to write non-compliance reports…the agency’s databases may not contain accurate information… because of pressure being applied not to write them up for violations….”
Testimony Of Stanley Painter, Chairman National Joint Council of Food Inspection Local Unions, during the Hallmark investigation. Domestic Policy Oversight Hearings on Hallmark
Will new regulations mean the USDA will ignore factory farms owned by multinational corporations and illegals with livestock smuggled from Mexico and target family farms for forfeiture? Will the food safety be forgotten while the USDA chases paperwork and tag errors?

An example of selective enforcement of the proposed NAIS can be seen in Australia. Due to severe drought, ranchers move cattle from one location to another to best care for the animals. But tags numbers are based on location not on ownership.
.”My only crime is running two properties. I could not guarantee that cattle tagged that day did not leave the property.” “The DPI admitted in court that utilizing the same NLIS ear tag on different properties under one management/ownership,…is common .”

“I am also intrigued by the DPI’s selective action and prosecution. DPI’…has been contacted in relation to much more serious breaches of the regulations e.g no NVD and no NLIS on movement of cattle, and he/ the DPI/the Minister have chosen to take no action.”

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The following article shows how Federal investigation of Medicare fraud is affecting health care.
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even fully cooked meals, can be delivered to your door. A share in a cow raised in a nearby field can be brought to you, ready for the freezer — a phenomenon dubbed cow pooling. There is pork pooling as well. At Sugar Mountain Farm in Vermont, the demand for a half or whole rare-breed pig is so great that people will not be seeing pork until the late fall.NY Times

helps but we all need to educate consumers what is at stake and why eat local and USA.
Stopping NAIS does not mean throwing money at anyone who makes a statement or promise. A fool is soon parted from their money just ask all those who did not read the fine print. Support must be targeted and effective. Then give til it hurts to those who have proven they can be trusted. It will take us all to really fund all the suits that need to be filed but they must be real and out to win. The real battle is door to door, neighbor to neighbor and local. EDUCATE your community. For me I am very careful where I put my limited dollars since I want them to count and get us a bunch of wins.

“We” (IICFA) cannot make a statement based on what others will do, just keep moving forward. Sometimes the footwork is the most important factor in sucess, I am glad we have feet.

There are so many really working for NONAIS we can win but stick with those who have proven themselves and support real actions. R-Calf is a great one R-CALF - make your donations specific to no nais. Doreen is on that committee. You know she is fully invested and true to her word. R-CALF’s focus on shifting nais funds to animals disease programs since present traceback works and nais does nothing for prevention is brilliant. They have already cleared out the enemies within and are thriving because they did.

Mary Zanoni is a lawyer and small-farm activist in rural upstate New York. She publishes the Farm for Life Newsletter, a quarterly print publication covering the National Animal Identification System and related issues. Subscriptions are $25 per year, payable by check to Farm for Life, P.O. Box 501, Canton, NY 13617.”

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JOIN ARAPA NOW! see membership page for membership applications and information! HUNDREDS have already joined - lawyers, retired congressmen, …
ARAPA- I have been a long time member so have many from other states.
Yes we want many many real lawsuits to stop NAIS and they have to be real and done right….like Mary’s, Like R-Calf’s suits. We need lawyers that are up for the challenge and really in it to win.
That is my two cents.

I will comment that I’d rather you guys had a paypal thing set up, that is the easiest way to donate smaller one time donations, in my book. I went to your website, but to be honest, I don’t want you guys wasting money on sending out bills on donations. Guess I’ll have to waste the stamp fees to send you a check.

Considering FTCLDF already has on the Board a member who could handle this case, why would this be necessary?

Marc Stimpert, Esq.
“Marc is licenced to practice before eleven different federal courts, and recently appeared before the United States Supreme Court in a case involving abuse of power by federal employees.”

Just curious.