PolitiFact | Backyard gardens under threat of inspection? ### Stand up for the facts! Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy. We need your help. ### I would like to contribute One Time Monthly Yearly Join Now # Backyard gardens under threat of inspection? Your home garden will not be inspected by the FDA under a new food safety law. By Angie Drobnic Holan December 1, 2010 We've received several e-mails from readers asking us about new food safety legislation pending in Congress. They wanted to know if it is true that the bill would regulate backyard gardening. They sent us several claims promoted by various bloggers. Here's how a website called NaturalNews put it "Senate Bill 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, has been called 'the most dangerous bill in the history of the United States of America.' It would grant the U.S. government new authority over the public's right to grow, trade and transport any foods. This would give Big Brother the power to regulate the tomato plants in your backyard. ... This tyrannical law puts all food production (yes, even food produced in your own garden) under the authority of the Dep