ASTA Letter to Senate Leadership Opposing Food Safety Exemptions for Small Businesses
ASTA issued a letter to Tom Harkin, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, in November 2019 regarding concerns with the Senators Tester and Hagan amendment from the "Food Safety Modernization Act" exempting small entities.
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