date:Jan 31, 2013
of their food directly to consumers, restaurants and stores within the state or 275 miles or less from the farm.
However, states do regulate items such as milk, cheese, meats and eggs, among others.
Praised as the most sweeping reform of the nations food safety laws in more than 70 years, the act takes aim at preventing food from becoming contaminated with pathogens that can sicken or kill people instead of responding to foodborne outbreaks after theyve happened.
According to the FDA, the two