bad new law... need help saying no

Hi,
I ran across this action alert and thought you'd be interested in it. It's from the Organic Consumers Association:
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**Senate Poised to Pass Bill Taking Away Your Right to Know What's in Your Food**

**Tell your Senator to vote "No" on the "National Uniformity for Food Act" **

The House of Representatives has passed a controversial "national food uniformity" labeling law that would 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.

Soon, the Senate will vote on this bill, which would gut state food safety and labeling laws. 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. This industry-sponsored bill 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 Senator.

Learn more and take action here:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/rd/labeling.cfm

I like to read whats in my food even if i cant pronounce it.

Didnt they just make it a law gumby... to put the serving size and stuff on like..... a can of soda

it's been a law for a while... right now there is information that must be on all food...

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/flg-1.html

it's been a big deal and was my major in college... there is a lot a bad things big companies do with food and people should know about it... if you can't read what's on the box I'd suggest not eating it, it's probably not good for you... stay to the outside of your supermarket, or better yet buy organic...

I mean you think McDonalds and Taco Bell are bad?? that's nothing... food production is disgusting, they saw money and forgot about health. I mean they allow shit in most food... shit, not like shit but real shit, poop...
I love munchie food and candy, but when they try to further hide whats in food it's sad. When you need to hide what's in food just to be able to sell it you shouldn't be making it, that's how I feel.

My ex-wife used to get killer head aches from Monosodium glutamate (MSG). You find that in alot of canned foods and fast foods. :cool:

it's fake salt... it causes the side effects cause it's not natural and our bodies don't know how to process it... a poison... funny how if it'll help food last longer it's legal, but if I want to smoke a natural plant it's not... that's our governmnet for ya...

"If people let government decide which foods they eat and medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny." -- Thomas Jefferson