FDA Globalization Update

I wanted to take a moment and let you know that Dawn Detelich at the Association of Artisan Businesses has written a wonderful assessment on the FDA Globalization Act of 2009.

I appreciate Dawn's honest and candid assessment of the bill. I have spent hours going over the bill and then spent the better part of this morning personally speaking with Dawn about the AAB's position and rational for why they have their position. Coming out of that conversation, I fully support Dawn and the AAB in their position on this bill. At the end of our conversation, I offered to be available as a professional resource and would gladly consultant, free of charge, for questions coming out of Washington.

I did communicate with Dawn one concern I have with the bill. That is the listing of individual ingredients for every product. I think this may pose an unnecessary paperwork burden on small businesses that often change formulas based on commodity prices and ingredients that go on uncontrolled allocation. My proposed solution would be one single ingredient sheet listing all ingredients used to formulate all products a company manufacturers. This would allow a small businesses to remain profitable.

I really do think this bill is a win-win for the industry and consumers. You should feel proud and hold your head high because the products you produce are some of the best in the market. Complying with the bill gives you the same creditability as the "big guys". Consumers that previously would not consider purchasing from very small businesses will now have confidence to make those purchases.

Together, I look forward to growing all of our businesses in 2009 and beyond!

Debbie May
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