Fw: ALERT: Congress Poised to Pass Bill Taking Away Right to Know What's in Your Food

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Action AlertIs this the organic problem you are talking about Jag?

 

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Organic Consumers Association

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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 3:00 AM

ALERT: Congress Poised to Pass Bill Taking Away Right to Know What's in

Your Food

 

 

 

Hello Jane,

 

Action Alert from the Organic Consumers Association:

 

Congress Poised to Pass Bill Taking Away Right to Know What's in Your Food

Tell your Congressman or Congresswoman to vote "No" on House of

Representatives Bill H.R. 4167, the "National Uniformity for Food Act"

 

The House of Representatives will vote this week on a controversial

"national food uniformity" labeling law that will take away local government and

states' power to require food safety food labels such as those required in

California and other states on foods or beverages that are likely to cause

cancer, birth defects, allergic reactions, or mercury poisoning. This bill would

also prevent citizens in local municipalities and states from passing laws

requiring that genetically engineered foods and ingredients such as Monsanto's

recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) be labeled.

 

The House will vote March 2, 2006 on a bill that would gut state food

safety and labeling laws. H.R. 4167, the "National Uniformity for Food Act,"

lowers the bar on food safety by overturning state food safety laws that are not

"identical" to federal law. Hundreds of state laws and regulations are at risk,

including those governing the safety of milk, fish, and shellfish. The bill is

being pushed by large supermarket chains and food manufacturers, spearheaded by

the powerful Grocery Manufacturers of America.

 

Big food corporations and the biotech industry understand that consumers

are more and more concerned about food safety, genetic engineering, and

chemical-intensive agriculture, and are reading labels more closely. They

understand that pesticide and mercury residues and hazardous technologies such

as genetic engineering and food irradiation will be rejected if there are

truthful labels required on food products. Industry-sponsored H.R. 4167 is

gaining momentum and must be stopped! Act now! Preserve local and regional

democracy and protect yourself and your family from unsafe food by sending an

email or calling your Representative and urging them to vote "No" on H.R. 4167.

 

Please Take Action Now--Send a Message to Your Congress Member in the

House of Representatives to Vote "No" on H.R. 4167

http://www.organicconsumers.org/rd/labeling.cfm

 

And please call your Congress Member at 202-224-3121

 

Regards & Solidarity,

 

Ronnie Cummins,

Organic Consumers Association