—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 2,1968 24 Russo Asks Solons To Retain Producer Exemption In PPIA Testifying m Washington re cently at Congressional hearings on various bills relating to the inspection of poultry and poul try products. Albert J. Russo, NEPPCO President, said NEP PCO would support any of the bills currently before Congress so long as it retained Sec 15 of the' Poultry Products Inspection Act of 1957 exempting small pro ducer-processor-retail,ers. Part of his presentation states: "Let me reiterate here that we favor inspection and would, indeed welcome inspection by either state or federal inspection services To be able to add an official inspection seal or mark to our labels and carry such a legend in our advertising would eliminate one disadvantage we now face in competing with re tailers who handle only inspect ed poultry "W het h e r such inspection would actually result in a bet ter, more wholesome product is quite another matter We have no scientific, technological or market research to back up our contention but we do have many thousands of satisfied house wives “Why is it that a housewife will frequently drive many miles out of her way and pay a premi um price for poultry when she could have picked up an attract tively packaged and inspected bird for less money when she did her weekly grocery shopping at her supermarket? “The answer is that she’s fus sy about the quality of the poul try she buys. She wants a local ly grown and freshly killed bird and she likes to see for herself how it was grown and slaugh tered and prepared. “Small producer-processors do not fear inspection; they fear that the regulations promulgated to enforce such an Act will re quire the remodeling of their dressing or processing facilities at such a cost as to force them out of business The present reg ulations under the Poultry Prod ucts Inspection Act dealing with “Sanitary Requirements Gener al” and “Maintenance of Sani- For better-paying harvests con tact jour Hotfman Seed Man. Glacier Alfalfa ) All Haymor ) pre -919 Brand ) inoculated Certified Buffalo ) Lindsey 77F Sorghum- Sudangrass Hybrid Trudan 2 Sudangrass Hybrid Hoffman HPS Formulas Funk’s-G Silage Hybrids Funk’s-G silage won 8 out of 10 awards at 1967 Pa. Corn Field Days. *. n. [yjrjn • SEEDS, INC. \m ■_! (Uncaster Counrt IK UndisvJla, Pa, I r fHsffimm tary Conditions and Precautions Against Contamination of Prod ucts” are a case in point. "They were written to apply to large plants at least much larger plants than those to which I have been referring. Small op erators like myself could not satisfy these requirements with out extensive renovations and the installation of expensive equipment ’’’ “We, therefore, solicit the con- Performance Conscious Egg Producers Feed HORNCO PERFORMANCE pppA pr NOAH WENGER FLOCK PERIOD NO. - 11,981 20 week old pullets housed June 28, 1967 * Es&J&k nawfee? The Beginningvafcm FEEDS D. E. HORN & Co., Inc York, Pa. 717-854-7867 sideration of the Subcommittee and of Congress in retaining in whichever bill may finally be adopted the exemptions current ly contained in the Poultry Prod ucts Inspection Act. “Both Congress and the Exe cutive Branch of the Federal Government have over the years repeatedly expressed concern for and support of small busi ness and the family type farm er. Both have been character ized as the backbone of our econ omy. Special agencies of gov ernment have been established to aid, encourage and protect the small businessman and farmer Yet all too frequently this same government enacts R. D. I, STEVENS, PA. DAYS IN PRODUCTION PRODUCTION 112 140 We’ll keep you informed of the progress on this flock. laws and establishes regulations however well intentioned they may be which in effect drives the small operator out of busi ness or into a merger with one of his larger competitors. “In this particular instance, it is our considered opinion that retention of the exemptions would pq3e.no hazard or danger whatsoever to the health and welfare of the consuming pub lic, but would materially help to keep the producer-processor-re tailer of poultry in business.” Anatomy is something that everybody has but it looks bet ter on a girl. ON LBS./FEED LBS./FEED DOZ. THIS DOZ, TO PERIOD DATE 6.92 6.92 40.85 79.66 3.37 85.40 3.48 84.79 3.91 83.47 3.78 Borneo feeds and services are the choice of performance conscious egg producers. Ask your neighbor about his results with Borneo. 4.60 4.14 4.08 4.01 Excellentßecord ALVIN ZIMMERMAN SALE The all-day sale of Alvin Zim merman, Bainbridge Rl, was held last Friday with the follow ing sale prices listed; Three tractors $725, $7lO and $600; Pumping station $750; Surge units $62.50 each; Baler $1,680; Rake $450 and Disc $455. - The top cow sold for $800; an other for $700; a cow and calf $7lO and two more at $6OO. The average of 31 Registered and grade cows and fresh heifers was $470. Diller and Kreider were the sale managers and auctioneers. EGGS/HEN THIS. PERIOD , -EGGS/ HEX TO DATE 11.44 11.44 33.75 22.31 23.91 .. 57.6 C 23.74 81.49 104.77 23.37
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