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Tell Congress: Make Our Food Safe!

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: MakeOurFoodSafe.org
Every year, 76 million Americans are sickened from consuming contaminated food - and 5,000 of these people die. That's more than the number of individuals who lose their lives as a result of fire or unintentional drowning in the U.S. each year.

Continued outbreaks of food contamination over the last several years - from spinach to peppers to peanuts - have demonstrated that these outbreaks are not random, unpreventable occurrences, but are due to widespread problems with our food safety system.

Our current food system - regulated by 15 separate federal agencies - is broken and in need of reform. But Congress has the opportunity to change course and help protect children, families, senior citizens and all others from foodborne-illness.

Tell Congress it is time to pass strong food safety legislation now!
deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 5,000
 
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Dear Congressperson,

One in four Americans will get sick from tainted food this year, but this doesn't have to be the case. Foodborne illness is preventable - if producers and food manufacturers were required to develop plans aimed at preventing bacterial contamination in food and the FDA had the authority and tools necessary to oversee and better ensure the safety of the food supply. We call on you to support legislation that would create a comprehensive system for preventing and responding to foodborne illness.

A number of bills have been introduced in the House and Senate that would address the problems with our broken food-safety system. We urge the swift House consideration and passage of the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 (HR 2749), which unanimously passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee on June 17, 2009 with strong bipartisan support. The Senate should move similar legislation as soon as possible as well. Any bill that is ultimately enacted must contain some fundamental components: risk-based inspection of food manufacturers with a minimum inspection frequency of once a year; a requirement that companies meet basic food safety performance standards, and routinely test for contaminants and report any test results that show contamination to FDA; and mandatory recall authority for FDA and the power to promptly levy penalties on companies that produce unsafe food.

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We took action on “Tell Congress: Make Our Food Safe!”!
# 5,004:
8:30 pm PDT, Oct 29, Olga Azovsky, New York
# 5,003:
1:16 am PDT, Oct 18, Can Atik, Turkey
# 5,002:
1:49 am PDT, Oct 6, Cheryl Steele, Washington
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9:09 pm PDT, Oct 3, Natalie Morris, Washington
# 5,000:
1:18 pm PDT, Sep 23, David Paul Xavier Burch, Indiana
# 4,999:
5:12 pm PDT, Sep 20, Rivka Peri, Oregon
# 4,998:
10:49 pm PDT, Sep 17, Doris Telles, California
# 4,997:
6:43 pm PDT, Sep 17, Betony Simmonds, Oklahoma
It is time that we protect our citizens, farmers, and land and do food correctly. Bigger is not always better.
# 4,996:
8:53 pm PDT, Sep 16, Mary Daub, Pennsylvania
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1:17 pm PDT, Sep 16, Kathy Kahn, Wisconsin
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7:33 am PDT, Sep 16, Lauren Mayes, Tennessee
The movie Food, Inc. was a real eye-opener for me. I highly recommend it. The "progress" that has made our food ridiculously inexpensive is most likely contributing to rising health care costs. I would rather pay more for safe food now than for medical care down the road.
# 4,993:
6:23 pm PDT, Sep 15, Karen Wilkinson, Florida
# 4,992:
3:11 pm PDT, Sep 15, Linda Stephens, New Mexico
You took the job to protect American's, so why aren't you? God is watching you..and so are American's and we're mad as hell!!!!!
# 4,991:
10:38 am PDT, Sep 15, Tran Nham, California
Please realize that food should be a sacred thing. We feed it to our kids and loved ones. Won't you use your power to ensure the public's safety. This is a very important issue. No one can avoid eating food.
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7:14 am PDT, Sep 15, Rebecca Posada, North Carolina
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6:17 am PDT, Sep 15, Rachel Usher, New York
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5:01 pm PDT, Sep 14, George Long, Michigan
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8:22 pm PDT, Sep 11, Richard Hollister, Arizona
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3:17 pm PDT, Sep 11, Kristy Alberty, Texas
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4:31 pm PDT, Sep 10, Hann-Yu Carlo Chang, Minnesota
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10:37 am PDT, Sep 10, Teresa Huang, California
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6:50 am PDT, Sep 10, Name not displayed, New York
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6:13 am PDT, Sep 10, Daniel Amon, South Carolina
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5:09 am PDT, Sep 9, Pat Akins, North Carolina
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4:39 am PDT, Sep 6, Chad Harrod, Georgia
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9:46 am PDT, Sep 5, Laura Jordan, Michigan
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8:24 am PDT, Sep 4, Name not displayed, New Jersey
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3:27 pm PDT, Sep 3, Eli Is Here, Pennsylvania
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10:02 am PDT, Sep 2, Karol Krzywon, New Jersey
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7:32 am PDT, Sep 2, Andrea Laurie Alnwick, New York
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8:03 am PDT, Sep 1, Kathryn Albonetti, Mississippi
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6:58 am PDT, Sep 1, Celene Chen, Massachusetts
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9:47 pm PDT, Aug 29, Heather Petersen, Washington
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2:36 pm PDT, Aug 27, Susan Novak, Wisconsin
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12:46 pm PDT, Aug 25, Ellen Owens, South Carolina
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11:16 am PDT, Aug 25, Sue Eberhardt, Illinois
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10:26 am PDT, Aug 25, Angie Fugere, Oregon
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10:09 pm PDT, Aug 24, Name not displayed, Kentucky
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11:41 pm PDT, Aug 23, Kristen Swider, New York
# 4,965:
4:24 pm PDT, Aug 23, Name not displayed, Oklahoma
Our current food system - regulated by 15 separate federal agencies - is broken and in need of reform. But Congress has the opportunity to change course and help protect children, families, senior citizens and all others from foodborne-illness. It is time to pass strong food safety legislation now!
# 4,964:
10:19 am PDT, Aug 23, Bonnie Crowl, Illinois
So please do everything you can possibly do to make our food safe!!! Even if it means passing stronger food safety legislation.
# 4,963:
3:55 pm PDT, Aug 22, Paul Ash, Indiana
GMO's and Hive Die Off Disease. Related or not? Do you KNOW what you put in your mouth?
# 4,962:
8:32 am PDT, Aug 22, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Michigan
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8:09 am PDT, Aug 21, Fredda Porter, Arkansas
Although organic food is more expensive for my family, I have purchased organic for many years. In this sad economic time I have to wonder: Why isn't ALL food organic? Why do we here in this country have to be concerned for our children's health & what they eat? Criminal!
# 4,960:
12:12 pm PDT, Aug 20, April Wikert, Iowa
Please make our food safe for our families to eat.
# 4,959:
8:15 am PDT, Aug 20, Andrew Beekman, Arkansas
# 4,958:
2:26 pm PDT, Aug 19, Janet Baty, Georgia
I want to regain my health so I don't become a burden on the healthcare system. Please help all our citizens to have nutritious food so we can live good quality lives and make a difference for others.
# 4,956:
1:15 pm PDT, Aug 18, Shera Bonnie Schnitzer, Washington
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8:05 am PDT, Aug 18, Name not displayed, Mississippi
# 4,954:
12:48 pm PDT, Aug 17, Jennifer Lomas, Mississippi
Thank You for your help!!!
# 4,953:
4:18 pm PDT, Aug 15, Elizabeth Brickhouse, Virginia
I am doing my best to ensure that I provide healthy foods to my family - which is not an easy task under the current food standards. Your help in making all of us healthier would be appreciated. Please do the right thing - not necessarily the easiest. Do what is right. PLEASE!
# 4,952:
4:50 am PDT, Aug 15, Aysegul Apaydiner, Washington
# 4,951:
1:38 am PDT, Aug 15, Selina Schecroun, Virginia
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