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House Committee Votes to Gut Safety Database
CPSC will be severely limited to protect the public from unsafe products.
A deadly loophole
The next time you rent a car, it may have a dangerous defect that you know nothing about. A loophole in existing law allows car rental companies to rent you a vehicle that has been recalled for safety reasons. The rental agency doesn’t have to tell you about the recall, and they don’t have to Continue Reading
UPDATE: record-breaking half billion egg recall
A second Iowa company reporting Salmonella-tainted eggs added to the already-massive egg recall this weekend, making it one of the largest in history.
The people have spoken – and they want safer food
Consumers Union poll finds 80% of Americans want Congress to pass food safety legislation immediately.
Recalled beef? There’s an app for that.
A sign of the times: government agencies are now alerting the public of food and product recalls through their new Products Recall app for smartphones.
Food, Inc.’s Eric Schlosser, Consumers Union Urge Senate to Pass Food Safety Bill
Safe and sustainable: we need our food to be both, and nowhere has the case been made better than in the Academy Award-nominated documentary, Food, Inc.
This Week’s Recall Recap
Breaking news on Kellogg cereal, plus thousands of pounds of beef products recalled this week.
Cargill Owned Meat Company Recalls Beef
Cargill-owned Beef Packers, Inc. announced a recall on Friday of 22,723 pounds of ground beef products that were sent to stores in Arizona and New Mexico.
Citizen Advocates Reforming Food Safety
A police officer, dad, and husband who has been waging a personal war to reform food safety in this country.
A Classic Fox Watching the Hen House
Consumer Reports blog post calls on the FDA to regulate salad safety standards not the industry.
