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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Racketeering, RICO and Humane USA?

This statement opposing CA AB1437 was presented yesterday to the California Senate Food and Agriculture Committee; I've been asked to post it here. Bold and italics are mine. All I can say is BRAVO! Now the Senate knows - yet this committee STILL passed the bill along by a 4 to 1 vote. What can I say.

Ag folk were there asking for clear guidance on how to legally continue producing shelled eggs for California families. They don't want to be jailed for violating Proposition 2 requirements in 2015, nor do they want to give up egg farming because Prop 2 and AB1437 are incurably vague.

Agriculture got zip in response from the Committee. Sen. Florez, the Senate Food & Ag Committee Chair, did however discuss his vision for California's food providers later in the day.

Final vote yesterday:
  • Ayes: Florez, Maldonado, Hancock, Pavley
  • Noes: Hollingsworth
New Bill Analysis is here; only one group is listed as opposing. The bill has not been amended even once to date.


Testimony given to California Senate Agricultural Committee

June 16, 2009

What AB 1437 represents is legislation cloaked in the guise of animal welfare while in actuality it is a racketeering scheme and artifice to follow-up on the damage already being felt by consumers and farmers by Prop 2. Who will determine what is proper hen welfare? There is no governmental agency that lawfully inspects other than the USDA.

This bill would not only violate the Interstate Commerce Act, but would open the door for a slick form of old style mob "protectionism". Funny how the animal rights group that is sponsoring this bill, HSUS, has board members including the CEO invested in the For-Profit Company, Humane USA, that purports to do just this - certifying humane animal welfare for a price.

This bill does not address the international importation of eggs and the standards by which hens are kept in other countries like Mexico and China, nor does it address liquid eggs, sold by the bucket, or powdered eggs.

We ask why is the more expensive and best quality egg form, the shelled egg, under attack by our own legislature and this special interest group (HSUS)? The clear answer is there is more money to be made controlling its distribution - which also violates Title 18, the RICO section of the Fed Code, which specifically prohibits the regulation of eggs.

Diane Amble

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