Regulations: never ceasing to amaze

Here are a couple of new regulations coming down the pike.....

Requirements for antimicrobial pesticides Comments due Jan. 9, 2009
Another level of rulemaking requirements planned by EPA

Implementation of Revised Lacey Act Provisions Comments due Dec. 8, 2008
This rule imposes new requirements on import declarations for certain plants and plant products. One fed up commenter, John DeMott of Redland Nursery already had this to say about the rule:

It never ceases to amaze me the freedoms we are losing by subscribing to the Socialistic regulations imposed by international Law. These regulations are devastating to free trade not only on a global level but more and more on the national, trade between states. Each State seems to be implementing more and more restrictions in the movement of Agriculture products.If APHIS (Regulatory, Licensing, and taxing) were on the stock market this is where I would put my 401. It has to be the biggest branch of the USDA. It seems to be poised for nothing but future growth, while the ARS (Science and Research) is continually scraping for funding.