Congress is trying to push through a bill that would remove your
rights to know what is in your food.
- - - Congress Poised to Pass Bill Taking Away Your Right to Know
What's in Your Food - - -

- - - Tell your Congressman or Congresswoman to vote - - No - - on
House of Representatives Bill - H.R. 4167 - the - - National
Uniformity for Food Act, - - coming to a vote in Washington, D.C on -
March 8, 2006

The House of Representatives will vote this week on a
controversial "national food uniformity" labeling law that will 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.

The House will vote March 8, 2006 on a bill that would gut state food
safety and labeling laws. H.R. 4167, 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.