Stop Congress on food de-labeling

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NewsTarget Insider CONSUMER SAFETY Alert (www.NewsTarget.com)

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ACTION ALERT FOR U.S. RESIDENTS:

 

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 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. Visit:

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

(scroll down to bottom of the page to the form).

 

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

 

- Organic Consumers Association

 

 

Comments from the Health Ranger

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The tyranny of Washington is at work yet again, this time trying to

take away the right of cities and states to require warning labels on

food and grocery products containing dangerous, cancer-causing and

life-threatening chemicals.

 

Big food companies want to keep the population ignorant of what's

really in their food. So they want to make it illegal for states to

protect their citizens from dangers that are not recognized by

Washington. But Washington, of course, has sold out to lobbyists and

wealthy corporations. That's why aspartame, a document nerve toxin, is

still legal. That's why sodium nitrite, a potent cancer-causing

ingredient, is still widely used. And that's why hydrogenated oils,

which promote heart disease and cancer, hasn't been banned by the FDA.

 

If this bill passes, you'll see Frankenfoods (genetically-modified

foods), irradiated foods, and foods containing mercury and other

poisons sold in grocery stores with no warning labels whatsoever.

That's how big food companies like it: Keep the public ignorant!

That's why they're lobbying hard for this " de-labeling " bill.

 

But now, you can help stop the tyrants in Washington. Call your

Congress Member at 202-224-3121 and urge them to vote NO on H.R. 4167.

Timing is urgent: You must do this before March 1st.

 

Spread the word. If we don't stop this bill now, the grocery

manufacturers will get their way and WE, the consumers, will be harmed

by it. If you live in the U.S., take back your power today by making a

call, or otherwise contacting your Congressional representative. This

is how bad laws get stopped.

 

- the Health Ranger

 

P.S. This action alert warning is also viewable at:

http://www.newstarget.com/019175.html