FDA plans to regulate hay production and marketing. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced recently that farms that produce, market and transport hay in the United States will be required to comply with FDA documentation and recordkeeping requirements under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness Response Act of 2002. Congress specifically exempted farms and ranches from the requirements of the act, and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is working diligently to maintain that exemption. In a letter to FDA, NCBA said, “Unfortunately, counter to the intent of Congress, the FDA has chosen to redefine farms as ‘facilities that pack or hold food, provided that all food used in such activities is grown, raised or consumed on that farm or another farm under the same ownership.’ This definition excludes virtually all farms from the exemption. This is clearly inconsistent with the intent of Congress.” NCBA added that it knows of no data that “hay represents, in FDA terminology, a ‘threat of serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals.’ Consequently, requiring a complex and costly system for hay traceablility does not represent an appropriate expenditure of Federal, state, local government or farmer’s financial and human capital resources.” −NCBA
***** NCBA added that it knows of no data that “hay represents, in FDA terminology, a ‘threat of serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals.’
Well, then how does CWD, Foot and Mouth ,Bangs,Avain Flu ,etc. get moved around the country ? You don't suppose that elk and deer eating on stored hay in the field before shipment is the cause. In France they tracked down the spread of Avain Flu to bird S##t on hay and bedding to Farm raised Turkeys and chickens. Someone At NCBA might need to take a course in Zoology before they put out statements like above.
***** NCBA added that it knows of no data that “hay represents, in FDA terminology, a ‘threat of serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals.’
Well, then how does CWD, Foot and Mouth ,Bangs,Avain Flu ,etc. get moved around the country ? You don't suppose that elk and deer eating on stored hay in the field before shipment is the cause. In France they tracked down the spread of Avain Flu to bird S##t on hay and bedding to Farm raised Turkeys and chickens. Someone At NCBA might need to take a course in Zoology before they put out statements like above.