Looking at produce safety

At the Washington Public Policy Conference, Adela Ramos, senior professional majority staff member for the Senate Agriculture Committee, spoke to a workshop on produce safety. Ramos stressed Sen. Harkin's pending fruit and vegetable safety bill - expected to be introduced within a couple of weeks - does not include "blanket regulation for all commodities." That is encouraging, but I still don't get the sense this bill will have the enthusiastic backing of produce industry lobbyists.

Here is the audio link to her remarks.