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Tainted Tomatoes? Enough is Enough!
With the recent outbreak of salmonella in our tomatoes now added to the long list of unsafe and deadly food recalls in our country, it's time that Congress get serious about implementing real food safety reforms and pass comprehensive legislation. As of Friday, 552 people in 32 states have fallen ill from salmonella-tainted tomatoes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these 552 may actually represent several thousand illnesses in the United States (see AP article:
http://go.care2.com/e/6OVE/vNRd/AlVvl). The FDA has spent weeks trying to figure out where the contaminated produce came from, but since 2004 the FDA has lost nearly a third of its food safety and field staffers. And as more food comes from China, Mexico and elsewhere, less than 1 percent of imports are inspected. Clearly we need to fix our broken food safety laws, as Americans have suffered from tainted spinach, hamburger, peanut butter and now tomatoes. Congress is writing bills right now to fix our broken food safety laws, but the powerful industry lobby is already lining up to oppose significant reforms. Please tell your lawmakers to improve our antiquated food safety laws. Please take a moment to tell Congress to act now for real food safety reforms at http://go.care2.com/e/6OVe/vNRd/AlVvl
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FDA is failing in efforts to protect the citizens of the U.S against contamination of our food supplies. The salmonella outbreak needs to be traced to its source (tomatoes). Americans must be protected against such contamination and needs to be told about the source.
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