Not in My Food.org : Know what you're eating
Hear CU’s Jean Halloran explain the new food safety bill and why farms need practical safety measures. Many farmers, some large, some small, are not in favor of the bill mostly because the bill requires FDA to set on-farm food safety standards. One such critic posting for thecalifornian.com is Bob Perkins of the Monterey County Continue Reading
Aug
06
Consumers need safer food sources – Farms included
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Jul
30
Food Safety Enhancement Act Passes
CU gives official Woot! Woot! Here is our press release: Consumers Union Praises House Passage of Food Safety Enhancement Act WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, today applauded members of the U.S. House of Representatives for approving a historic bill to overhaul the nation’s food-safety system, the Food Safety Continue Reading
Posted by marvti in FDA, Food Safety, Regulators, Salmonella
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Jul
30
Second Chance For Food Bill – Take Action Right Now!!
HR 2749 is coming up for a vote with in the next hour. Please take a moment and call your Congressman and tell them to Vote Yes for a Safe Food System. Then take an additional moment and call these key Republican legislators and encourage them to vote yes as well. Rep. Boehner – Ohio Continue Reading
Posted by marvti in Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Listeria, Recalls, Regulators, Salmonella
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Jul
29
Food Bill gets Second Wind
The food bill was defeated under suspension of rules today by 8 votes but will be brought back up for a vote by Thursday From the Des Moines Register A 280-150 vote in favor of the legislation was just short of the two-thirds majority that was required under a fast-track procedure. The House will vote Continue Reading
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Jul
29
Myths and Facts about the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009
Consumers Union today send a formal letter to Congress responding to critics of the bill. The Food Safety Enhancement Act will not harm small farmers or organic producers. CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST ◊ CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA ◊ CONSUMERS UNION ◊ FOOD & WATER WATCH July 29, 2009 United States House of Continue Reading
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Jul
28
So Close the House Can Taste Safer Food
The pressure is coming on heavy for the House of Representatives to pass a much-needed overhaul of the nation’s food-safety system, the Food Safety Enhancement Act (H.R. 2749), when the House meets on Wednesday, July 29. While the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved the bill in June by a unanimous voice vote, Rep. Frank Continue Reading
Posted by marvti in E. Coli, Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Recalls
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Jul
27
Big Update on H.R. 2749
HR 2749 better known as the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 has some movement The House is starting its last week of work before the August Recess, and the Majority Leader’s website shows H.R. 2749 (Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009) as the last item on the suspension calendar. Under House rules, bills may Continue Reading
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Jul
22
CU Tells House to Make Our Food Safe!!
Consumers Union with the Make Our Food Safe coalition has just sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging them to: …pass H.R. 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 (FSEA) before the August district work period. The letter, signed by a strong coalition of 13 groups including American Public Health Association and Continue Reading
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Jul
21
Romaine Lettuce Recall- Take Action Now!
Amidst more food recalls where is action from our Representatives? Here is the ad our coalition is running in DC starting tomorrow. Today a recall was issued on romaine lettuce, a couple of weeks ago it was Tollhouse cookies, just a couple of months ago children were getting extremely ill and the elderly were dying Continue Reading
Posted by marvti in E. Coli, Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Recalls, Regulators, Salmonella
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Jul
15
Why the Waxman Bill is Better
This week, the San Francisco Chronicle published a front page article describing how in a quest for food safety, environmental havoc is being wreaked upon the Monterey Bay leafy green growing area. It describes how a farmer is ripping out plants because his big customers demand sterile buffers around his crops. Consumers Union has been Continue Reading
Posted by marvti in E. Coli, FDA, Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Pesticides
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