Promoted from comments by Mark:
There are 2 new bill being introduced in Congress right now that create a backdoor NAIS but of course it is not called that - These 2 bills are HR 814 and HR 875. I have included some highlights below. But don’t just take my word for it, please review them yourselves at:
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c111bills.html
Here is the first one HR 814 - the bottom line is that the Dept of Ag can:
1. Make all farmers who bring an animal to a USDA slaughterhouse participate in this program or the USDA slaugherhouse can refuse them (regarless of whether you are selling your meat in state or across state lines).
2. Farms will need a premise ID to ensure traceability from farm to consumer in order to comply with this bill.
3. The Dept of Ag can send a rep out to your farm to inspect and copy your records for each animal.
HR 814 -TRACE ACT of 2009
This Act may be cited as the `Tracing and Recalling Agricultural Contamination Everywhere Act of 2009′ or `TRACE Act of 2009′.
SEC. 414A. TRACEABILITY OF FOOD.
`(a) Establishment of System- Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a traceability system described in subsection (b) for all stages of manufacturing, processing, packaging, and distribution of food.
`(b) Description of System- The traceability system required by subsection (a) shall require each article of food shipped in interstate commerce to be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary to retrieve the history, use, and location of the article through a recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification.
SEC. 26. TRACEABILITY OF LIVESTOCK, MEAT, AND MEAT PRODUCTS.
`(a) Definition of Traceability- In this section, the term `traceability’ means the ability to retrieve the history, use, and location of an article through a recordkeeping and audit system or registered identification.
`(b) Requirements-
`(1) IN GENERAL- Cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and horses, mules, and other equines presented for slaughter for human food purposes, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat and meat food products of those animals, shipped in interstate commerce shall be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary to trace–
`(A) each animal to any premises or other location at which the animal was held at any time before slaughter; and
`(B) each carcass or part of a carcass and meat and meat food product of such animals forward from slaughter through processing and distribution to the ultimate consumer.
`(2) TRACEABILITY SYSTEM- Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a traceability system for all stages of production, processing, and distribution of meat and meat food products that are produced through the slaughter of animals described in paragraph (1).
`(c) Prohibition or Restriction on Entry- The Secretary may prohibit or restrict entry into any slaughtering establishment inspected under this Act of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or horses, mules, or other equines not identified as prescribed by the Secretary under subsection (b).
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The second bill establishes NAIS via the newly created Food and Safety Administration, run by the “Administrator” - whoever that is….
HR 875 - ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FOOD SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 210. TRACEBACK REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General- The Administrator, in order to protect the public health, shall establish a national traceability system that enables the Administrator to retrieve the history, use, and location of an article of food through all stages of its production, processing, and distribution.
b) Applicability - Traceability requirements under this section shall apply to food from food production facilities (FARMS), food establishments, and foreign food establishments.
Jim Hightower, former Com of Ag of Texas said in an article I saw over a year ago and cataloged at Naissucks.com under the title:”Lunatic Nais” that”billions of dollars are at stake in getting Nais implemented,and the profiteers form a powerful lobby, that will keep pushing at all levels and by all means…..” He was right! I looked at the two bills….814 has one sponsor and 2 cosponsors; one being Rep. Rosa delauro…Bill 875’s sponsor is Rosa Delauro…31 co sponsors. She was on the appropriations committee when they were trying to tie Nais to school lunches…..She is from Conn.
Comment The Phantom — February 11, 2009 @ 5:35 am
I read them,wow, they keep on coming dont they? It appears FDA and USDA will each lose some power to be invested in a new and improved”food safety czar”,well I guess that qualifies as ” change”eh? New regime,new and improved BS!
HR875 has language that appears to give them power to use our state ag depts to enforce this thing as well as have access to our “food production facilities” once known as farms.
It appears to give them a sayin our animal health regime and the makeup of our feedstuffs we feed our critters as well as if and when we can fertilize our ground!
Sounds to me like NAIS on steroids! Well they wont get away with it!Remember about four years ago when we first started this fight, we thought we couldnt beat them, folks we have chased this thing clean over into a new govt cabinet post!
I’d say they are resorting to this because they see they cant win with what they were doing, so they are reorganizing the whole effort.
lets keep after them,they wont stop and neither will we,till we bury this new govt agentcy before it gets born!
“Live free or die tryin”
Comment Lee — February 11, 2009 @ 11:03 pm
Phantom brings up agood point, this Rosa Delauro seems to be up to her eyeballs in this stuff. I went to her govt website and she has her hand in a bunch of food safety questions.
My question is simple; is she just a wonderful person who cares about food safety, or is she on the payroll so to speak,I get the feeling these ideas dont origanate with her,anyone in her area could contact her and ask her why she hates small farmers so much and then ask her to withdraw her support for these bills.Actually we all can.
Anyone else see your reps names here? Get after them!
This new federal monstrosityis not only wrong it goes even further I believe than NAIS was intended to before,it of course is unconstitutional as before, they need to know we wont be bound by this on our farms.
“Live free or die tryin”
Comment Lee — February 11, 2009 @ 11:21 pm
Delauro is a mouthpiece.
Look behind DeLauro and what do you find? Her husband Stanley Greenberg pollster, strategist and master manipulator of the public.
Check out the company Greenberg Carville Shrum and their love of globalization. It is interesting Greenberg-Quinlan Research Inc is mention as her husband’s place of work in Delauro’s bio. Sweet, fluffy Greenberg-Quinlan Research Inc with the connections to foster care and schools, but there is no mention of Greenberg Carville Shrum who directed Campaigns in 60 countries (including Tony Blair in the UK) and was responsible for the Bolivia fiasco, featured in the film Our Brand is Crisis
Stan Greenberg “…specializes in research on globalization, international trade…” click
Bolivia fiasco.
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Greenberg writes for the Democratic Strategist click and also formed Democracy Corps click
Greenberg Carville Shrum directed Campaigns in 60 countries click
Even the democratic Underground doesn’t like Greenberg Carville Shrum “Regarding Carville and dirty politics….“ click
Here is the tie in to Monsanto click
“Whether you want to win your election, lead your country, increase your bottom line, or change the world, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner can help you find the answer,” GQRR states on its website click
Globalization and middle class prosperity. click
Stanley Greenberg “…Greenberg’s work for private sector organizations - including major corporations, trade associations and public interest organizations - focuses on managing change and reform….Greenberg has conducted extensive research in Europe (particularly Great Britain, Germany and France), Central and South America (Argentina and Brazil), and Africa (South Africa). He specializes in research on globalization, international trade, corporate consolidation, technology and the Internet. For organizations, Greenberg has helped manage and frame a number of issues - including education, school financing, American identity, the economy, environmental regulation, international trade, managed care, biotechnology, copyrights, privacy and the Internet….
Greenberg has advised a broad range of political campaigns, including those of President Bill Clinton and Vice-President Al Gore, Senators Chris Dodd, Joe Lieberman and Jeff Bingaman; Governor Jim Florio and gubernatorial candidate, Andy Young; former Vice-President Walter Mondale; and a number of candidates for the U.S. Congress. For many years, he served as principal polling advisor to the Democratic National Committee.
“Greenberg works jointly on private sector projects with prominent Republican pollsters in the United States - including Fred Steeper (pollster to former President Bush), Bill McInturff and Linda DiVall - to bring a bi-partisan focus to public issues….” click
Here is a foreign source speaking of Public Manipulation
Motto: “Before becoming history and even before taking place, a lot of major events are prepared in laboratories” click
In Hungary Medgyessy’s cabinet spokesman has confirmed that the government has signed a contract worth 15 million forint (118,000 euros/145,000 dollars) with two companies whose executives worked on former US president Bill Clinton’s election campaigns, Greenberg Carville Shrum (GCS) and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research Inc. click
Greenburg is VERY SCARY No wonder NO-NAIS has had no luck getting media coverage! Greenburg has the media all tied up.
Comment Snazy snezy — February 13, 2009 @ 10:26 am
More on Rosa Delauro, her husband Stan Greenberg and the MONSANTO connection. The only reason we know of the connection is because someone leaked a report with his name on it to Greepeace.
“He is a very dangerous man.” Republican pollster Frank Luntz says “Stan Greenberg scares the hell out of me. He doesn’t just have a finger on the people’s pulse; he’s got an IV injected into it.” click
“…Labour’s former chief spokesman, David Hill, and Tony Blair’s US pollster and strategist, Stan Greenberg, are revealed as advisers to GM food giant Monsanto. “ click
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On the positive side
“Wikileaks has released nearly a billion dollars worth of quasi-secret reports commissioned by the United States Congress. “ Harold at click
Congressional Research Service Reports click
I haven’t been able to look at any of these reports yet but the titles look super interesting.
Such as:
CRS: Agriculture and Fast Track Trade Promotion Authority, November 7, 2002 click
CRS: Agriculture in U.S. Free Trade Agreements: Trade with Current and Prospective Partners, Impact, and Issues, January 30, 2008 click
CRS: Agriculture in WTO Negotiations, September 30, 2003 click
CRS: Agriculture in the WTO: Policy Commitments Made Under the Agreement on Agriculture, May 12, 2005 click
CRS: Agriculture: U.S.-China Trade Issues, October 16, 2002 click
CRS: Agroterrorism: Threats and Preparedness, March 12, 2007 click
CRS: Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: A Primer, November 24, 2008 click
CRS: Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: EPA’s Air Compliance Agreement, November 24, 2008 click
CRS: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE, or “Mad Cow Disease”): Current and Proposed Safeguards, May 18, 2007 click
CRS: Brazil’s Agricultural Production and Exports: Selected Data, October 16, 2006 click
CRS: Bomb-Making Online: Explosives, Free Speech, Criminal Law and the Internet, September 8, 2003 click
Oops how did that one get in there? Actually I put it in to see if anyone is awake. Also is an example of the type of thing Congress considers important.
CRS: Agricultural Biotechnology: The U.S.-EU Dispute, January 28, 2008 click
Well you get the idea. This is a very good source on the information given to Congressman. If you know what the other side is saying you have a better chance of refuting it when it is “disinformation”
Also of interest: 21 States Claiming Sovereignty
complete with map click
Comment Snazy snezy — February 13, 2009 @ 9:12 pm
Very well done Snazy! My suspicions are confirmed,she spouts marxist ideas because shes married to one.
Makes perfect sense,and I dont have to tell anyone her introducing this BS is immoral!
Shes supposed to represent us!
Whether or not she gets any pay from MONSANTO directly is irrelevant,she in fact gets paid through her husband it would seem,can anyone say “conflict of interest” and unethical??
These people think theyre above us all, times coming when theyll lick the dust at our feet!
“Live free or die tryin”
Comment Lee — February 14, 2009 @ 9:44 pm
CLICKY ACTIVISM-30 SECONDS TO CONTACT
Here are links to the legislation being proposed and the committees they are currently referred to.
Go to the link, see if your representative is involved (Illinois is in HR875 that is why I included it as an example), click on that link, and send him/her your opinion. It is really that easy. Don’t forget that Poultry is involved among the 33 species, so if you have/know of someone who has chickens, et al - you might want to forward to them also.
HR875
ILLINOIS SPECIFIC:
Jan Schakowsky
“For twenty years prior to her election to the State House, Schakowsky fought for the public interest and rights of Illinois citizens.” -
QUOTE FROM HIS/HER SITE
MAKE THEM PROVE IT
HR814
Sharon Sabo
IICFA
Comment Mrs. Michael Sabo — February 15, 2009 @ 9:43 am
CRS: Agriculture: U.S.-China Trade Issues, October 16, 2002 click
that I mentioned above is worth a closer look.
According to the NONAIS time line:
“Beginning in 2002 - Using the 9/11 terrorist scare and the threat of BSE (mad cow disease) the USDA lobbied for more control and power.” click
Is there anything significant that happened between the 1995 World Trade organization’s Agreement on Agriculture and 2002 to spur Big Ag into trying to drive farmers off their land?
“With China’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in December 2001, U.S. agricultural interests were hopeful that longstanding barriers to trade with that vast and growing market would begin to fall….
The stakes for U.S. agricultural producers are high. Although the United States has a large overall trade deficit with China, the value of its farm exports there far outpace farm imports (see table). From calendar year (CY) 1997 through CY2001, China has been the 7th largest foreign market for U.S. farm products; when Hong Kong is included, it is the 4th largest. The United States in recent years has provided about one-fourth of China’s total agricultural imports and about one-third of all consumer food imports. With a 1.2 billion population, rising incomes, and a growing middle class, China has enormous potential as a market for U.S. food and agricultural products….”
And there falling very neatly into Walter’s timeline we have the economic incentive for NAIS.
Comment Snazy snezy — February 15, 2009 @ 11:39 am
A MUST read for everyone . This is what your Congressman sees as the “Authority on Animal Agriculture” It mentions the new bills too.
It says “….At the same time, a growing number of producers seems to
agree that some type of universal animal identification (ID) program would be a beneficial tool in
addressing animal disease problems.
..” WHERE the @#$#@ did they GET THAT from?
They even say “…For example, smaller (i.e., fewer than 100-head) cow-calf operations (where beef cows are bred
and born) represent a majority of such operations and hold nearly half of all U.S. Cattle.
…” How can they think those Cow/calf operators WANT NAIS??
Animal Agriculture 2008 Farm Bill. 1/9/2009 click
“…With a few exceptions (such as milk), the products of animal agriculture are not eligible for the
price and income supports that Congress historically has written into farm bills for major row
crops such as grains, cotton, and oilseeds. However, the meat and poultry industries do look to the
federal government for leadership and support in promoting their exports, resolving trade
disputes, and reassuring markets that their products are safe, of high quality, and disease-free.
Farm bills can contain policy guidance and resources to help achieve these objectives.
1,142,357 Livestock farms in 2002 – see chart on pg 2
“ the farm value of animal production was more than $105 billion
in 2002, more than half the total value of all U.S. agricultural production”
“….The United States is a world leader in the production, consumption, and export of meat and
poultry products. One indicator of the increasing reliance of the animal sector on international
trade is the share of U.S. domestic production that is exported, a figure that has increased
significantly over the past 35 years.
Broiler meat exports have grown from 1.3% of production in 1970 to 14.9% of production in
2006 and nearly 16.2% in 2007. Pork exports climbed from 1.3% to 14.3% over the same period
(see Figure 1). Beef exports also climbed, from 0.2% of domestic production in 1970 to 9.6% in
2003.
When world markets closed to U.S. beef after a Canadian-born cow with bovine
spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was discovered in Washington state late in 2003, exports
dropped precipitously to 1.9% of production in 2004. Two more BSE cases subsequently were
found in U.S.-born cattle under a more intensive surveillance program, but beef exports are again
rebuilding gradually. They reached 5.4% of production in 2007. The United States has long been
a dominant world player, but increasing reliance on exports also has brought new challenges.
Other countries are competing vigorously for the same country markets.Table 2 discusses the
relative position of the United States in world trade of beef and veal, pork, broilers, and turkey.
Many years of effort to build export sales can be reversed abruptly due to an animal disease
outbreak. When other countries restrict U.S. meat or poultry products, whether due to the
discovery of BSE, an outbreak of avian influenza, or some other health problem, it often takes
many additional years for the United States to regain those markets, as has occurred in Japan and
Korea, the first and third most important destinations, respectively, for U.S. beef prior to the
occurrence of BSE here.
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Despite several years of effort on the part of USDA, as well as industry groups, and states—and
public funding totaling an anticipated $128 million through FY2008—a universal U.S. system is
not expected to be in place for some time, as policymakers attempt to resolve numerous questions
about its design and purpose. Should animal ID be mandated? What types of information should
be collected, on what animal species, and who should hold it, government or private entities? To
what extent should producer records be shielded from the public and other government agencies?
Should animal ID be expanded to traceability of meat and poultry products from farm to the
consumer, or used for other purposes such as food safety or certification of labeling claims? How
much will it cost, and who should pay? In response, USDA currently envisions a voluntary
universal system for all of the major farm and ranch species of live animals, involving a
cooperative effort between federal, state, tribal, producer and breed organizations….”
Comment Snazy snezy — February 15, 2009 @ 3:07 pm
This is just part of what is coming. They want to control our animals and food. They want to take away all our guns to protect ourselves. Today I learned that FEMA has concentration camps for when they declare martial law. They even have coffins for us. They have a blue and red list? Check out U’Tube and other web sites. These facilities are real. Now with these Wag the Dog, epidemics, they could end us all. They can come onto your farm and destroy all your animals….what about us?
Comment Beverly — February 16, 2009 @ 8:00 pm
Also, take a look at:
S.384 - The Global Food Security Act of 2009
The language in this one is broad enough to ensure a NAIS traceability type system is necessary so we can also “feed the world”.
According to this, the “Special Coordinator for Food Security” has the power to “take such actions as are necessary to ensure the coordination of the food security efforts and programs of the United States…” (Section 102 (a)(2) )
That is about as broadly written as you will find…whatever it takes to protect us…and the world.
SEC. 102. COMPREHENSIVE FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY.
(a) Special Coordinator- The President shall designate an individual to serve in the Executive Office of the President as the Special Coordinator for Food Security. The coordinator shall assist the President by–
(1) advising the President on international food security issues;
(2) taking such actions as are necessary to ensure the coordination of the food security efforts and programs of the United States, including the activities of Federal agencies; and
Comment Mark — February 17, 2009 @ 10:27 am
Here is some comic relief.
Seems the Feds are going to be real busy covering their donkeys soon and the courts are going to be so packed the judges will have to do 16 hour shifts. After this how can anyone expect a farmer to trust tests run by the government???
“….The reports states that the Bureau [FBI] forensic lab relies on untested theories conducted by poorly trained technicians who have no training in sciences and statistics….The new report also establishes that the FBI lab fingerprint identification methods are faulty. ….In academic circles, some experts have not hidden their anger toward certain programs and what seems to be an attempt to cover-up decades of fraudulent forensic sciences…”
“I’m sure that every defense attorney in the country is waiting for this report to come out,” a person who read it says. “There are going to be challenges to fingerprints and firearms evidence and the general lack of empirical grounding. It’s going to be big.”
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Comment Snazy snezy — February 17, 2009 @ 4:23 pm
HELP Get Word Out thru Yahoo
In OpED News click Under Linn Cohen-Cole, there are several titles about the new food safety bill. Read them, then
near the top right center is a BUZUP vote button (yellow) click on this and comment.
Every BUZUP gives it another vote. Votes between 300 and 500 get lead headlines on Yahoo news for those pulling up e-mail.
Lets get the word out!
Comment Snazy snezy — February 18, 2009 @ 8:42 am
Good morning -
Sue and I have been invited to speak on the Derry Brownfield show at 10 am central this morning text
Derry Brownfield
about our attempts to have 4 species specific slots at the:
INTERNATIONAL HOMELAND SECURITY TRAINING Two Day Tabletop Exercises
Meeting Link
Some of these shows end up “running off course” and we need you all to help be our rudders. We need gentle guiding hands so we don’t end up meandering off course.
So - the number is: 800-973-3779 ——— On Air
Hope to hear you there - or at least be heard.
Thanks -
Sharon Sabo
Illinois Independent Consumers and Farmers Association
Comment Mrs. Michael Sabo — February 20, 2009 @ 6:21 am
Sharon, How did that show go?
Did it work out for you ladies like you wanted it to?
I wasnt able to tune in, just curious, thanks,Lee
Comment Lee — February 23, 2009 @ 9:39 pm