Food Safety Act Enhances Regulation, Spares Small Farmers

The first major U.S. food safety overhaul in 70 years will soon be signed into law.
Andrea Hayley
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A vendor cuts heirloom tomatoes to serve as samples for potential customers at a farmer's market in Washington, D.C. Small farmers selling direct to consumers, restaurants, and hotels are exempt from new regulations recently passed in the Food Safety Mode (Abdullah Pope/AFP/Getty Images)
Andrea Hayley
Andrea Hayley
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Reporting on the business of food, food tech, and Silicon Alley, I studied the Humanities as an undergraduate, and obtained a Master of Arts in business journalism from Columbia University. I love covering the people, and the passion, that animates innovation in America. Email me at andrea dot hayley at epochtimes.com