ACTIVISM: Congress Poised to Pass Bill Taking Away Your Right to Know What's in Your Food

Congress Poised to Pass Bill
Taking Away Your Right to Know What's in Your Food

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**Tell your Congressman or Congresswoman to vote "No" on House of
Representatives Bill H.R. 4167, the "National Uniformity for Food Act,"
coming to a vote in Washington, D.C on March 8**

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 8, 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