ISSUE


PLACE IN FOOD CYCLE

Physical Plant, others

POLICY

Title 21 Food and Drug Act(s), Chapter 1, Subchapter B, Part 110

POLICY TOOL

Regulations, inspections, & grading standards

SCALE

International, State & Local

ACTORS

National: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State: Vermont generally defects to federal regulations and standards; Local: farmers & consumers

PROBLEMS ADDRESSED

Sanitation and proper precautions taken at processing locations that produce food for human consumption.

POLICY GOALS IMPLICATED

Security & efficiency, possible equity tradeoff.

TOOL CHARACTERISTICS

Very coersive. Very direct. Somewhat automatic. Not extremely visible.

EXTENT POLICY SUPPORTS/HINDERS

These regulations cover a wide area of food processing for meat, poultry, and egg products. The documents are written in a way that are geared toward large-scale operations and do not recognize that there are alternatives for smaller operations or specifically for on-farm processing. This may hinder civic agriculture because the FDA does not seem to be taking into account the existence of small-scale civic agriculture.

ADDITIONAL LINKS

Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?CFRPart=110