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1 Year After PCA Peanut Butter Outbreak- What has changed?
Peanut Butter Victims, Consumers Union and the Make Our Food Safe Coalition are calling for passage of food safety legislation.
Categories: FDA, Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Salmonella
Tags: S.510
Author Of “Fast Food Nation” To Speak At CU Summit
Eric Schlosser, journalist and author of the ground breaking book “Fast Food Nation”, is confirmed to speak to attendees of the Consumers Union 2010 Summit.
Categories: E. Coli, FDA, Food Safety
Tags: H.R. 2749, S.510
SAFE FOOD, HEALTHY FOOD
S. 510 Passes out of Committee- we outline why Americans need food safety reform.
Categories: FDA, Food Safety, Regulators
Tags: S.510
Organic Tomatoes and S.510
Jean Halloran, Director of Food Policy Initiatives at Consumers Union, writes about her recent trip to the White House garden with some fantastic food activists.
Categories: E. Coli, Food Safety, Organics
Tags: S.510
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.
Categories: Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Recalls, Regulators, Salmonella
Tags: S.510
Working with the Sustainable Community to Make Food Safety a Reality
CU believes that FDA food safety reform legislation will not hamper the development of sustainable agriculture.
Categories: E. Coli, FDA, Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Organics, Pesticides, Regulators, Traceability, USDA
Tags: H.R. 2749, S.510
Tomorrow: Food Safety Action Day (Join Us!)
I just got done reading President Obama’s speech to school kids across America, and albeit a bunch of great messages (stay in school, do your home work, wash your hands, make your own destiny…) there was a theme missing: eat healthy, safe foods.
Categories: E. Coli, Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Salmonella
Tags: S.510
Food Safety Enhancement Act Passes
CU gives official Woot! Woot!
Categories: FDA, Food Safety, Regulators
Tags: H.R. 2749, S.510
