We all want greater assurance about the safety of our food, especially now that so much of it comes from other countries with lax safety laws. We already know how vulnerable we are – we shouldn’t have to wait for a national disaster to get the problem fixed! Yet a food safety bill that would help prevent deadly food outbreaks before they start is stalled in the Senate!
Everyone who supplies our neighborhood grocery stores — whether from the Asian highlands or the Mississippi bottomlands — should be subjected to reasonable standards, including regular inspections and testing for contamination. Right now, that’s not happening.
If you think it is time Washington passes common-sense rules to prevent deadly food outbreaks — rather than spend taxpayer dollars trying to track them down after the fact — tell your Senators to vote YES for S. 510 with no loopholes.
