Food Safety

87. 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)

88. Food Safety

We encourage our grower members to utilize BMPs, IPM practices and other current information on food safety to ensure a safe, wholesome, nutritious food source for the consumer.

We support the use of irradiation to control harmful bacteria and pathogens and to extend shelf life of agricultural products.

We support 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 the standardization and certification of laboratory methods to allow pooling of analytical data between the state and federal levels. (VEG)

89. Sale of Raw Milk

In the interest of public safety, we oppose the sale of raw milk and raw milk products for human consumption. (DAIRY)