Say No Thanks to Chinese Chicken.

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Prevent Chinese

chicken from entering our food supply.

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Action

June 5, 2008

Dear Yvonne,

 

 

 

Now is not the time to allow more food from

China. Tell Congress to say " No thanks! "

Sign

our petition.

 

 

 

The Chinese

government and some big agribusiness players want to export processed

chicken from China to the U.S. However, the Chinese food safety

system doesn't have the best track record. In the past year alone,

American consumers have been exposed to dangerous imports ranging from

deadly pet food and blood thinners, to toxic toys and fish. Now is not the

time to add chicken to the list of imported products from China. Will

you sign a petition saying, " No thanks, " to Chinese chicken?

Given China's poor safety

standards and lax enforcement policies, adding China to the list of meat

exporters is not in the public interest. The incidence of avian flu

is another reason to be cautious about accepting processed chicken from

China.

However, the most

compelling reasons have come from on-site inspections in China that have

been conducted by U.S. inspectors. Here's what they found:

 

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filthy and unsanitary conditions in the facilities;

• defective equipment;

• improper employee hygiene;

• lack of pre-shipment review procedures;

• and the lack of microbial testing for Salmonella

and generic E. coli;

 

These sorts of

violations create serious food safety problems. Now is definitely not

the time to allow processed chicken from China. American consumers

want a safe food supply, so until China fixes its broken system, it's a

good precaution to not allow poultry from China.

 

Will you sign our petition to Congress, saying, " No thanks, " to

Chinese chicken?

http://action.foodandwaterwatch.org/t/5915/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=1216

 

Thanks for

taking action,

Sarah Alexander

Food & Water Watch

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