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Thu, 02 Mar 2006
National Uniformity for Food Act: Urgent Message from Union of
Concerned Scientists
"Earlier this week we asked you to urge your member of Congress to vote NO on the National Uniformity for Food Act (H.R. 4167). Last night Congress announced that they would delay voting on this measure for another week."
"Thirty-seven attorneys general from across the country have now called on Congress to defeat this bill because it will "strip state governments of the ability to protect their residents through state laws and regulations relating to the safety of food and food packaging."
"If you haven't already written your representative, please do so, but you can also take an extra step. Please CALL your member of Congress today and remind them of the importance of this vote! We have already heard encouraging feedback from our activists that some representatives are starting to rethink their position on this bill." Find Your Congressman's Phone Number
UCS Talking Points:
My name is ------- and I am a voter in Representative ------'s district. My address is ------.
If your representative is a co-sponsor:
- I am calling to urge Representative ------ to immediately withdraw from being a cosponsor and vote NO on H.R. 4167.
If your representative is NOT a co-sponsor:
- I am calling to urge Representative ------ to vote NO on H.R. 4167.
- H.R. 4167 would undercut the role of state and local governments and reduce food safety laws to the federal government's "uniform" lowest common denominator.
- According to a bipartisan group of 37 state attorneys general, the bill’s provision to allow states to petition for greater food safety standards is 'slow, expensive, and uncertain, and certainly is no substitute for allowing states their traditional role of taking action on their own to protect consumers.'
- States and local governments have helped consumers like me by addressing gaps in federal standards, ensuring safer food and providing consumers with important label information.
- As a consumer, I want more information about the food I buy for myself and my family, not less.
- Please protect the health of my family and the safety of the food we eat by voting no on H.R. 4167.
- I will be closely watching the outcome of this vote.
Here's The Orignial UCS Notice From Last Week
"This Thursday, March 2 (now Mar. 9th), Congress will vote on a bill to gut food safety and labeling laws. H.R. 4167, the National Uniformity for Food Act, would eliminate current state or local laws and prevent the enactment of future laws that impose stricter requirements for food safety than current federal standards. If passed, this dangerous bill would reduce food safety laws to the federal government’s 'uniform' lowest common denominator, wiping out laws in at least 30 states from California to Maine. These laws empower consumers with essential information about what’s in our food—such as toxic chemicals, mercury, potential allergens, and genetically engineered ingredients. Given the sweeping implications of this bill, it is shocking that Congress held no public hearings on this issue, essentially putting the interests of big food companies ahead of the health and safety of consumers."
SV Note: OK, we know what this is about - or we should:
It's part of the campaign to strip the US of civil liberties and establish a one-party corporate-run dictatorship in the "land of the free and the home of the brave". The 'National Uniformity for Food Act' is a euphemism for 'All Americans Are Now Forced to Eat Only What The Corporate Rulers Allow.' Think I'm a conspiracy theorist? Open your eyes!
Voting has been delayed another week on this bill, so there's still a chance to tilt at windmills. It won't bring back honest elections (has the US ever actually had them?), but this still isn't Germany in 1939, and we don't have to sit there like deer in the headlights - what've we got to lose? A lot, actually. Please, write your congressman. Thank you!
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