Tell our senators to make food safer

Each year, about 76 million Americans get sick and 5,000 die from a food-borne illness.

Recently, more than half a billion eggs with a high risk of salmonella were finally recalled months after people started getting sick.

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) will give FDA the authority to recall unsafe food, inspect food processing facilities, and require imported foods to meet the same standards as food produced in the U.S.

S. 510 passed the House of Representatives in July 2009, but the Senate has not yet brought it to a vote.

Sign the petition below to urge our senators to support the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510).

Petition Text Dear Senators, It took months before Wright County Eggs recalled their eggs, even as Americans were getting sick. That's because the FDA can't actually require food companies to recall salmonella-tainted food, regardless of the threat to public health. Recalling salmonella-tainted eggs -- or any unsafe food -- shouldn't be voluntary. When you go back to Washington, D.C. in September, please pass the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510. Sincerely,

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