I'm all for small government, etc. However, I also worked 5 years in regulatory food safety. I can tell you that the food safety regulatory system in this country is convoluted and fragmented. I didn't read the whole thing, but I breezed through it as I'm familiar with most of the terminology and intent. I don't think this stems from the tree huggers and environmentalist militants. Most of it seemed like a long overdue change to the food safety system in this country.
Take the state of Pennsylvania for example. There are numerous agencies involved with food safety for any given County or municipality. You've got the FDA, USDA, PA Dept. of Health, PA Dept. of Agriculture, county and/or local Health Departments, and there's probably one or two other entities I'm missing. All of these entities have there own jurisdictions, regulations, and inspection procedures (or lack thereof).
It's about time we consolidated food safety to a primary entity. The jist I took from this bill is that it is primarily concerned with standard food safety practices that have been in effect for a long time. I don't think it's a conspiracy. This kind of bill could actually result in smaller government, not bigger.