Food Safety

99. Food Inspection Program Funding
The quality of food is a public health benefit assuring safety and wholesomeness of food to all citizens, producers and consumers alike. Therefore, the cost of an inspection should be funded by general revenue. (DAIRY)

100. Food Safety
We support economically viable food safety practices to ensure a safe, wholesome, nutritious food source for the consumer.

We support USDA, FDA, FDACS and similar agencies in other states as the appropriate agencies for testing food to ensure wholesomeness.

We encourage all state and federal agencies and industry efforts to establish public confidence that the American food supply is wholesome and safe.

We support standardization of food safety certification requirements.

Any new food safety legislation, must be science-based, must recognize the difference in regional and commodity practices and the industry must be involved in the rule making process.

All food safety legislation should apply equally to domestic and foreign food sources. (VEGETABLE)

101. Sale of Raw Milk
In the interest of public safety, we oppose the sale of raw milk and raw milk products that do not meet food safety standards for human consumption. (DAIRY)