Urgent: Congress could gut food safety laws tomorrow!

[Guest guest]

Urgent action needed today to protect food safety: Congress is set to

vote on a bill that could gut any food safety laws in California that offer

stronger protection than federal law. Please tell your representative today to

protect your food safety and to vote NO on H.R. 4167!

 

Hi Mary,

 

Congress is voting tomorrow on a bill that would gut the food safety and

labeling laws in California, thus endangering our health and the health of our

children, our families, and our communities. We need your voice today to stop

this anti-consumer, industry-sponsored bill - please take action now!

 

Here's what's happening: 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.

 

Take California, for example. In 1986, California enacted Proposition 65, the

Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act to protect citizens from chemicals

known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm, and educate

people about their exposures to these toxins. Sounds like a good law, right?

H.R. 4167 would overturn this landmark bill!

 

If Congress passes this bill tomorrow, it could wipe out state regulations

across the country, including California. If you value the safety of the food

you buy for your family in South Lake Tahoe, please sign our petition today to

keep our food safe:

http://go.care2.com/e/jhg/iX/Ea3Q

 

 

" When the power of love becomes stronger than the love of power, we will have

peace. "

Jimi Hendrix

 

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