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CPSIA cited as an exemple of what NOT to do with food safety.

posted Mar 27, 2009 1:15 AM by dan marshall
Jeff Stier of the American Council of Science and Health, is warning against applying the CPSIA's devastating logic to the food industry.  He writes:

Today, the food industry is exactly where the toy and other childrens' products companies were two years ago. And it is not a pretty place.

Just because there's a problem, doesn't mean a big overhaul will do the job. And if the problem is big and highly visible the solution doesn't need to be equally large. Situations like this require us to be cautious against the same unintended consequences that came about as a result of the CPSIA.

We agree that the CPSIA's approach would be devastating for the food industry, especially local producers and organics.  Hopefully congress won't make the same mistake twice.  Hopefully they'll even fix the CPSIA.