Weston A. Price Foundation- ACTION ALERT!!!!!!!

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WESTON A. PRICE FOUNDATION

ACTION ALERT

February 24, 2006

 

Protect State Food Safety Laws!

 

Stop Deregulation of Food Safety

 

A bill is pending in the U. S. House of Representatives that would

eliminate dozens of food safety laws. The bill, H.R. 4167, does this

by stripping away the power of states to regulate food safety.

 

Here is how the bill works. Under the guise of promoting

" uniformity " of food safety laws in the U.S., the bill requires all

state food safety laws to be identical to the requirements of the

Federal Food and Drug Administration. If the FDA has not passed a

regulation on a food threat, then all state regulations on that

threat would immediately be voided. And, since the states regulate

many food safety issues not covered by the FDA, many food safety laws

will be voided and replaced with no law at all. For example, the

bill would preempt California's Proposition 65, a very effective law

that requires labeling of food products that contain cancer causing

substances. IT WOULD ALSO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE AVAILABILITY

OF RAW MILK PRODUCTS.

 

The " uniformity " to be achieved by the bill is in many instances the

uniform absence of food safety regulation that the food industry

seeks.

 

This bill is a threat to the safety of the U.S. population and to the

rights of states to regulate food within the state. It is opposed by

dozens of environmental health groups, by California's State Attorney

General Bill Lockyer, the National Association of State Departments

of Agriculture, the Association of Food and Drug Officials, the

National Conference of State Legislators and the Wisconsin Department

of Agriculture.

 

There are currently 226 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives

to pass the bill in the House, so every letter is needed to ensure

that these Representatives understand what a bad bill this is.

 

CONTACT YOUR U. S. REPRESENTATIVE NOW AND URGE THEM TO VOTE NO!

 

To send a letter by e-mail to your Representative, please go to

<http://en.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?

module=URLTracker & cmd=track & j=64305217 & u=591524>http://en.groundspring

..org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker & cmd=track & j=64305217 & u=591524

.. Time is of essence. The House plans to vote on this bill next week!

 

Thank you.

 

Bill Sanda

Executive Director

Weston A. Price Foundation

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