Food bill temporary victory in Congress

[Guest guest]

From Consumer's Union:

I just received good news - our emails to Congress are working. Thank you for

taking action!

 

Congress was about to pass a bill this morning to gut state food safety laws

across the country--without even holding a hearing on the bill! The good news:

the House decided to delay the vote until next week, and they've actually

scheduled time for debate on the issue!

 

Our representatives are finally listening--and now we need to keep the pressure

on. Please help us preserve our state and local food safety net. Ask them to

take action today! They can go to our food campaign home page at

http://www.notinmyfood.org/.

 

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.

The bill could directly harm consumers by increasing their exposure to

food-borne illnesses, undermining the authority of state food safety officers,

and overturning state food labeling laws. We need to stop this bill!

 

Industry supporters of this bill claim that they are " standardizing " food safety

regulations - but don't be fooled. What this bill really does is lowers all

state food safety regulations to the lowest federal standard. Local and state

officials are now responsible for 80% of the nation's food safety enforcement,

and this bill would restrict the ability of local officials in Iowa and

Fairfield to protect you and your family as best they can.

 

We need stronger protections for our nation's food supplies, not weaker ones. We

now know that Congress is listening to us. You can write to lawmakers from our

food campaign home page: http://www.notinmyfood.org/

 

Sincerely,

Minerva Novoa,

Internet Advocacy Coordinator

Consumers Union

1535 Mission Street

San Francisco, CA 94103-2512