Enough Food Recalls! Put Violators on Notice

Enough Food Recalls! Put Violators on Notice

The Issue

A half-billion recalled eggs? Let’s fix this already!

When we can’t even trust the eggs in our own refrigerators, there’s an obvious problem with our food safety system. Yet a bill that would help prevent deadly outbreaks and hold producers of poisoned food accountable – rather than wasting our time and money tracking them down after the fact – remains stuck in the Senate.

Let's move this bill now! Senators will soon return to Washington, and we need your voice to push food safety to the top of the priority list. The House passed its food safety bill more than a year ago, and since then there have been 60 recalls – including a half-billion eggs!

Unless consumers speak out and demand better inspections, testing, and oversight of food producers, we will continue to face costly and deadly recalls. 

Tell your Senators to pass the food safety bill when they return after Labor Day – safer food can’t wait!

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Consumers Union of United StatesPetition StarterAt <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a> I am Senior Director of Client Services. Before joining the team at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, I worked as Senior Campaigner at Care2 and for two years I worked as Senior Consultant at M+R Strategic Services. My foray into online organizing began in 2004, when I co-founded Equality Ohio, an LGBT rights organization and a member organization of the national Equality Federation. In my spare time I tend a small flock of chickens in my Oakland backyard.
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The Issue

A half-billion recalled eggs? Let’s fix this already!

When we can’t even trust the eggs in our own refrigerators, there’s an obvious problem with our food safety system. Yet a bill that would help prevent deadly outbreaks and hold producers of poisoned food accountable – rather than wasting our time and money tracking them down after the fact – remains stuck in the Senate.

Let's move this bill now! Senators will soon return to Washington, and we need your voice to push food safety to the top of the priority list. The House passed its food safety bill more than a year ago, and since then there have been 60 recalls – including a half-billion eggs!

Unless consumers speak out and demand better inspections, testing, and oversight of food producers, we will continue to face costly and deadly recalls. 

Tell your Senators to pass the food safety bill when they return after Labor Day – safer food can’t wait!

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Consumers Union of United StatesPetition StarterAt <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a> I am Senior Director of Client Services. Before joining the team at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, I worked as Senior Campaigner at Care2 and for two years I worked as Senior Consultant at M+R Strategic Services. My foray into online organizing began in 2004, when I co-founded Equality Ohio, an LGBT rights organization and a member organization of the national Equality Federation. In my spare time I tend a small flock of chickens in my Oakland backyard.
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Petition created on August 26, 2010