Senator Tester authored and successfully moved forward an amendment to protect family-scale producers in the Senate's food safety bill.

 Tester Amendment Agreement

 Tester Amendment Agreement Summary

Food policy experts and writers Michael Pollan (author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food) and Eric Schlosser (author of Fast Food Nation) sent the following joint statement to our office in support of Sen. Tester’s amendment:

"S510 is the most important food safety legislation in a generation. The Tester amendment will make it even more effective, strengthening food safety rules while protecting small farmers and producers. We both think this is the right thing to do."
Eric Schlosser & Michael Pollan

 Letter from Supporting Organizations

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