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From: "yosefh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Want to Know What's in Your Food?
>
> Dear Subscribers,
>
> This morning I received an email about a ghastly chemical in the cheese
> used at Pizza Hut and only minutes later this urgent plea for action!
>
> Please do your part!
>
> Ingrid
>
> _____________
>
> Hello Ingrid,
>
> Action Alert from the Organic Consumers Association:
>
> Congress Poised to Pass Bill Taking Away Right to Know What's in Your
> Food Tell your Congressman or Congresswoman to vote "No" on House of
> Representatives Bill H.R. 4167, the "National Uniformity for Food Act"
>
> The House of Representatives will vote this week on a controversial
> "national food uniformity" labeling law that will take away local
> government and states' power to require food safety food labels such as
> those required in California and other states on foods or beverages that
> are likely to cause cancer, birth defects, allergic reactions, or
> mercury poisoning. This bill would also prevent citizens in local
> municipalities and states from passing laws requiring that genetically
> engineered foods and ingredients such as Monsanto's recombinant Bovine
> Growth Hormone (rBGH) be labeled.
>
> The House will vote March 2, 2006 on a bill that would gut state food
> safety and labeling laws. 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. Hundreds of state laws and
> regulations are at risk, including those governing the safety of milk,
> fish, and shellfish. The bill is being pushed by large supermarket
> chains and food manufacturers, spearheaded by the powerful Grocery
> Manufacturers of America.
>
> Big food corporations and the biotech industry understand that consumers
> are more and more concerned about food safety, genetic engineering, and
> chemical-intensive agriculture, and are reading labels more closely.
> They understand that pesticide and mercury residues and hazardous
> technologies such as genetic engineering and food irradiation will be
> rejected if there are truthful labels required on food products.
> Industry-sponsored H.R. 4167 is gaining momentum and must be stopped!
> Act now! Preserve local and regional democracy and protect yourself and
> your family from unsafe food by sending an email or calling your
> Representative and urging them to vote "No" on H.R. 4167.
>
> Please Take Action Now--Send a Message to Your Congress Member in the
> House of Representatives to Vote "No" on H.R. 4167
> http://www.organicconsumers.org/rd/labeling.cfm
>
> And please call your Congress Member at 202-224-3121
>
> Regards & Solidarity,
>
> Ronnie Cummins,
> Organic Consumers Association
>
> Related News Headlines
>
> 2/25 - States right in food fight (Toledo Blade)
>
> 2/24 - State Leaders Take Charge (Wall Stree Journal)
>
> 2/18 - Feinstein-Boxer: Don't Preempt California Food Safety Laws
> (Ubanet/CA)
>
> 2/2 - Federal food label law would trump California's Prop. 65 (Scripps
> Howard News Service)
>
> 1/30 - "Food Labeling Uniformity" Bill Will Actually Eliminate Consumer
> Choice -- Act Now
>
> 1/16 - Corporate Food Giants & Congress Threaten States' Rights to Label
> Food
>
> 12/15 - House Republicans Move to Kill State Food Safety Labels
>
> 11/8 - Industry Pressing Congress to Outlaw States' Rights to Require
> Labels for GE Food
>
>
> ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION
> 6771 South Silver Hill Drive
> Finland, MN 55603
> Phone: (218)- 226-4164 Fax: (218) 353-7652
> __________________________________
>
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