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Recalls
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.
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
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.
Enough is Enough – sick of bad peanut butter puns
The numbers of the sick keep mounting—some 486 people at last count. Seven people are dead. From eating peanut butter!
Where’s the recalled beef?
From the Consumer Reports Safety Blog: Four days after the nation’s largest-ever beef recall, U.S. consumers still have no way of knowing whether they ate—or might have in their freezers—some of the potentially suspect meat, food safety experts at Consumers Union said Thursday.
Shop Safe: Bloggers Unite!
On the eve of the biggest shopping day of the year, bloggers are talking up our “12 Days of Safe Shopping”!
