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Tell Senator Tom Coburn to Support Food Safety Reform
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    1. Sen. Tom Coburn (OK)
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Every year, America sees 76 million cases of foodborne illness, costing the country about $152 billion in lost work days, doctors' visits, and medications. This year alone, the U.S. saw 85 food recalls, including 550 million salmonella-tainted eggs.

Yet despite our obviously crippled food safety system, Oklahoma's Senator Tom Coburn refuses to support legislation to protect consumers' health, saying that it will cost the country too much money. If passed, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the power to issue mandatory recalls and conduct more frequent inspections of food production and processing sites. It would also take irresponsible food producers to task for their failure to protect consumer health.

Coburn says he will not back S. 510 unless Democrats figure out a way to pay for it. His lack of support threatens to crush any chance the legislation has of passing this year. Sign our petition asking Coburn to take Americans' health and safety seriously and support S. 510.

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Please Support the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

Greetings,

You recently said you would not support the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) unless Democrats figured out a way to fund the bill. This lack of support not only threatens to crush any chances the legislation has of passing this year, it puts consumers' health in jeopardy.

Since the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act passed in the House, America's seen 85 food recalls, including the recent recall of 550 million salmonella-tainted eggs. The country sees 76 million cases of foodborne illness every year, resulting in a loss of $152 billion to lost work days, doctors' visits, and medications.

Our food safety system is crippled, and it needs immediate reform. Please take the health of our citizens seriously and support S. 510.

[Your name]

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