Recent News Articles Regarding Food Safety

Although the health care issue has taken front and center stage, the area of food safety is far from being overlooked and although food safety legislation is on the back burner, be assured that the burner is far from turned off. IN addition to these, there is a meeting tomorrow, 10/22 in Washington D.C.Committee: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Title: Keeping America’s Families Safe: Reforming the Food Safety System
Date: Thursday, October 22, 10:00 a.m.
Place: SD-430

News

10/19/2009
Foodborne Illness Victims Meet With White House To Push For Food Safety ReformRepresenting the millions of Americans who fall ill each year from contaminated food, victims and relatives of victims appealed to the Obama administration to urge congressional lawmakers to pass food safety legislation this year

10/06/2009
New CSPI Report Highlights Ten Riskiest Foods Regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationThese ten foods account for nearly 40 percent of all foodborne outbreaks linked to FDA-regulated foods since 1990.

10/12/2009
Are we all crash test dummies for the food industry?As the lead author of the new report just released from Center for Science in the Public Interest, The Ten Riskiest Foods Regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, today is another day when I'll have a tough time putting anything in my mouth.

09/09/2009
Make Our Food Safe Coalition Asks Senators "What's Hiding in Your Lunch?"Foodborne Illness Victims, Family Members and Advocates Urge Senate to Pass Food Safety Legislation

09/08/2009
Large Majority of Americans Want Stronger Food Safety RulesAmong likely voters surveyed across the nation, about 9 in 10 support the federal government adopting additional food safety measures.

Those and other information can be found at: http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/