Big Brother’s Repressive Garage Sale “Standards”

(imo, this is a good example of how our food supply is going to be controlled, for our own safety of course, where it will become illegal to even grow our own food because it has not been deemed to be safe for us by our masters . . . this all makes perfect sense [NOT!])

Diane Macedo
Fox News
September 18, 2009

Americans who slap $1 pricetags on their used possessions at garage sales or bazaar events risk being slapped with fines of up to $15 million, thanks to a new government campaign.

The “Resale Round-up,” launched by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, enforces new limits on lead in children’s products and makes it illegal to sell any items that don’t meet those limits or have been recalled for any other reason.

The strict standards were set in the 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act after a series of high-profile recalls of Chinese-made toys.

The standards were originally interpreted to apply only to new products, but now the CPSC says they apply to used items as well.

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