Senator Barbara Boxer and Congressman Peter DeFazio will introduce federal legislation requiring labels on all genetically engineered foods, the first such Senate bill in over a decade. The alert asks readers to email their members of Congress to co-sponsor it.
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President Obama: Why I'm not giving the Weekly Address
An email from President Obama explaining that he gave up his weekly address to Francine Wheeler, whose six-year-old son Ben was killed at his Newtown elementary school, and urging readers to support gun violence legislation moving through the Senate.
Advisories
Consumer Alert: Tips to Keep Food Safe in a Weather Emergency
FSIS issued food safety guidance for Alabama and Mississippi residents facing power outages after tornadoes: keep appliance thermometers in the refrigerator at 40 F or below and freezer at 0 F or below, group and pre-freeze food, store it clear of flood water, and keep coolers and ice ready.
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CDC Advisory: Avian Flu (H7N9) in China
WHO announced on April 1 that H7N9 avian influenza had infected people in four Chinese provinces, the first time the virus has appeared in humans. CDC advises travelers to wash hands, avoid animals and live bird markets, and eat fully cooked food; travel is not restricted.
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Think Starbucks is Socially Responsible? Think Again
The writer faults Starbucks for allowing firearms in its coffee shops while banning them at its own corporate headquarters, noting that California Pizza Kitchen, Peet's, IKEA and Disney agreed to prohibit guns after a Brady Campaign petition and Starbucks refused.
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Call President Obama today
The Institute for Responsible Technology asks readers to phone the White House and urge President Obama to strike Section 735, the so-called Monsanto Protection Act, from the 2013 Continuing Resolution, and supplies a sample script.
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Tell grocery Stores "No!" to genetically engineered seafood
The Institute for Responsible Technology and 30 allied groups are asking grocers, restaurants and food companies to sign a Pledge for GE-Free Seafood. Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Marsh, Aldi and PCC have said they will not sell GE salmon. The FDA has said it likely will not require labeling.
Law & Regulations
Flavored Milk; Petition to Amend the Standard of Identity for Milk and 17 Additional Dairy Products
FDA is taking comments, data and information on a petition from the International Dairy Foods Association and the National Milk Producers Federation to allow any safe and suitable sweetener as an optional ingredient in milk and 17 other dairy products. Comments close May 21, 2013.
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Family Farmers and Organizations Ask FDA for More Time to Analyze New Food Safety Rules
More than 270 organizations, farms and food businesses asked the FDA to extend the comment period on two proposed food safety rules from May 16 to September 13, 2013, citing 1,200 pages of text, the timing during spring planting, and members without easy internet access.
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Raw cow milk bill in Arkansas
An Arkansas group asks supporters to press legislators to co-sponsor HB1536, which would extend the state's incidental raw goat milk sales law to cow milk and raise the monthly limit from 100 to 500 gallons. Buyers would still have to purchase directly from the farm.
Advisories
USDA Consumer Alert: Keeping Food Safe During an Emergency
Ahead of a major Northeast snowstorm, USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service urged consumers to prepare for outages: keep appliance thermometers in the fridge and freezer, hold them at 40F and 0F, freeze water and gel packs, and line up coolers and block ice in advance.
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Big Victory for the residents of Windsor, Ontario
A Fluoride Action Network bulletin announcing that Windsor, Ontario's council voted to end fluoridation for roughly 330,000 people, alongside updates on an unanswered debate challenge, an AVAAZ petition and Portland's May ballot fight.
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FDA: ‘Nuking Fruits & Veggies Will Make Them Safer.’ Huh?
An action alert opposing an FDA rule proposed under the Food Safety Modernization Act that would require raw produce growers to file a formal food-safety plan unless they irradiate. The writers argue irradiation destroys nutrients and produces carcinogens such as benzene and formaldehyde.
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Tell FDA: Do Not Approve Genetically Engineered Salmon!
An action alert on FDA's finding of no significant impact for AquaBounty's transgenic salmon, with a February 25, 2013 comment deadline. It cites Senator Feinstein's concern that an animal drug framework is the wrong review tool, and warns that escaped farmed salmon strain wild populations.
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Looking ahead to 2013 - Fluoridation
FAN director Paul Connett has publicly challenged Dr. William Maas of the Pew Charitable Trusts, a former CDC oral health director, to debate the safety, effectiveness and ethics of fluoridation, ahead of Connett's international speaking tour.
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Washington State to Deliver GMO Labeling Signatures Today!
Activists in Washington State will hand roughly 350,000 signatures to the legislature, putting the I-522 GMO labeling initiative before voters in November, while Vermont and Connecticut legislators plan to introduce their own labeling bills early in the year.
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GMO Salmon Would Be Approved as ‘New Animal Drug’
An action alert warning that the FDA cleared the way to approve genetically engineered salmon as a "new animal drug," a lighter review than a food additive gets. The group says FDA testing showed increased allergy risk and that no labeling is required.
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Five States Now Ban Shark Fins But This Other Cruel Food is Still Legal
Illinois became the fifth state, and the first inland one, to ban the shark fin trade. Foie gras, made by force-feeding ducks and geese, stays legal; Chicago's brief 2006 ban drew a backlash from chefs, and the American Veterinary Medical Association has defended the practice.
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