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10. Any food safety legislation or regulatory actions should adhere to the following principles:
10.1. Increases in federal or state funding should not come in the form of fees or fines to farmers unless these fees are in the form of industry assessments under a marketing agreement order; and
10.2. Any additional mandated regulatory requirements should not financially impact producers. An indemnification program should be instituted to properly compensate farmers when the government issues an inaccurate food safety warning or recall that causes losses.
11. USDA should be designated as the lead agency in the development and administration of food safety guidelines and should serve as the sole federal agency responsible for food inspection and safety. We support having employees from state agencies act as authorized agents of FDA to conduct required federally authorized inspections mandated under FSMA.
12. We support all proteins that are developed in laboratories (cell cultured meat) being under the oversight and approval of the Food and Drug Administration. We support only products derived directly from the flesh of a live animal being defined as meat. We are opposed to lab-produced
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