美国农业部官员担忧“FSMA”对中小型农场的负面效应

      据美国食品安全新闻网消息，近日美国植保协会国家政策会议召开，刚刚卸任美国农业部副部长的凯瑟琳.梅里根在会上表示，美国《食品安全现代化法案》（FSMA）可能会对中小型农场产生负面效应。

    梅里根认为，FSMA条例对农业以及工业产生的影响会远远超过人们的想象，然而有些时候，对于中小型单位来讲，政府推行的政策在提升食品安全方面未必那么奏效。梅里根还表示，推进转基因标识的行动仍会继续。

    部分原文报道如下：

        Kathleen Merrigan, who recently left her role as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said this week she is concerned about the negative impact the Food Safety Modernization Act could have on small- and medium-sized farms.

    According to a report by AgriPulse, Merrigan made the remarks at CropLife America's National Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. She told the audience that the FSMA regulations being developed have "the potential to transform, disrupt, improve and potentially destroy some operations."

    原文链接：<http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/05/merrigan-expresses-worry-about-fsmas-impact-to-agriculture/>