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Sent on:	Wednesday, August 25, 2010 2:13 PM

An urgent appeal is forwarded below from Citizens for Health to stop bill S510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, which could come up for a vote shortly after Labor Day. It is important to email your senators again now even if you emailed them earlier. You can use both prepared emails linked to below. An email from Dr. Rima Laibow, Medical Director of the Natural Resources Foundation, forwarded last week said that several hundred thousand people must email their senators to stop S510 again. It was stopped by public opposition last November and again this July and August. She said that if it can be stopped through November, it is unlikely to pass.

Send the prepared email from the Citizens for Health at: http://www.citizens.org/?page_id=2312

Another prepared email to send your senators is available at: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4613.

To show what's at stake if the bill passes, Dr. Laibow provided the link at: http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=6300.

The website at:http://batr.org/gulag/082210.html provides more information about S510 including four videos.

The site summarizes the possible impact of bill S510 as follows:

The site provides the following link to bill S510: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-510&tab=summary

The site concludes with the following quote.

The website provides a link to the full PBS video Food Inc, available on iTunes for $4.99 or as a DVD.
A 24-minutes interview with the director of Food Inc is available on PBS at: http://video.pbs.org/video/1143263943/

You may also find interesting the following related video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0AL4yml3bw
It addresses impediments to information needed to ensure food safety and health freedom.

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Here at Citizens for Health (CFH) we've been working diligently to keep you updated on all of the latest developments in policy and legislation affecting your health freedoms. One example is S. 510, The Food Safety Modernization Act, which is a flawed effort to improve the government's system for ensuring the safety of our food supply.

CFH strongly supports food safety, however S. 510 would ultimately make our food less safe, not more. In addition, the bill would do so at the expense of health food retailers, manufacturers, and consumers of natural foods.

Click here to read more about our concerns, and to send a message to your Senators

While S. 510 has undergone some revisions along the way it still falls far short of what we consider acceptable. And, given that our information suggests it could come up for a vote shortly after Labor Day, there isn't sufficient time to ensure that the bill is overhauled before a vote comes up.

Just a few of the reasons S. 510 must not pass:

It fails to recognize, let alone protect against, abuses that are common in the inspection process.
It creates a financial incentive for the FDA to perform repeat inspections of facilities as a revenue-raising measure or as a means of financially penalizing a company disfavored by the agency.
The United States will be required to harmonize its standards with those of the WTO, SPS, the Uruguay Rounds, and Codex.

The bottom line: S. 510 is a bad idea that will not work to stop contamination of food, but will enable the FDA to abuse its power and may well drive some good companies out of existence.

Don't let S. 510 pass - click here to send a message to your Senators today!

Thanks for making your voice heard,

The Citizens for Health Team