Section 308 of the Food Safety Modernization Act: The FDA Expands into Foreign Countries

Luckily the Food Safety Modernization Act is still in limbo. However, I don't trust our government anymore knowing that what Congress doesn't pass, Obama will push through the bureaucracies without Congressional approval like Cap and Trade. As well, we know for the strange reason of maintaining global power through WikiLeaks, the United States government has been bullying foreign countries to accept Monsanto frankenfoods (GMOs) throughout the world and making an enemies list of countries who fight against adopting GMOs. And now this:

Someone actually read through the entire Food Safety Modernization Act and found Section 308, which reads:


SEC. 308. FOREIGN OFFICES OF THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.
(a) IN GENERAL. – The Secretary shall establish offices of the Food and Drug Administration in foreign countries selected by the Secretary.

It then goes on to say:

(a) The Secretary shall, not later than 2 years of the date of enactment of this Act, develop a comprehensive plan to expand the technical, scientific, and regulatory food safety capacity of foreign governments, and their respective food industries, from which foods are exported to the United States.

This is consistent with the bullying over food that was revealed in WikiLeaks. Our government is going to try to regulate food standards of other countries that are imported into the United States by establishing offices on foreign soil. If I was a sovereign country, I would laugh the FDA out of the country, but of course, as we know from WikiLeaks, we have become the world's food supply bully knowing the power that comes with the ability to produce terminating seeds.

When you read further into section 308, you learn the oppressive American police state known as the Department of Homeland Security is going to have a say in the importation of food into the United States.

(b) Consultation – In developing the plan under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the United States Trade Representative, and the Secretary of Commerce, representatives of the food industry, appropriate foreign government officials, nongovernmental organizations that represent the interests of consumers, and other stakeholders.

Full body scans for your tomatoes and bananas? Do you see how out of control all of this is getting?