We’re thrilled to announce that today that, thanks to your calls and letters, the Senate Food Safety bill (S. 510) will not include those obscene ten-year jail sentences for food and supplement manufacturers who violate complicated FDA rules. Senate offices were deluged with your messages, and the Senate leadership listened to you!
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Emergency Action Alert on Leahy Food Safety Bill
It is touch-and-go whether we can keep that provision out of the Senate Food Safety bill (S. 510). Please contact your senators immediately, even if you have done so before!
Please Help Us Stop The Leahy Food Safety Bill
Congress is back in session, and the sleeper in the Senate is Senator Leahy’s Food Safety Enhancement Act (S.3767), poised to pass in the very near future unless you help us stop it now.
Also Watch Out for an Omnibus Bill
This lame duck session of Congress has other risks for natural health.
With the Election Around the Corner, Our Thanks to Some Legislators
With the 111th Congress coming to an end, we want to extend our thanks to a number of senators and representatives for their example and their work on many issues that we value highly. (And we offer a “no thanks” to a few legislators as well!) Listings are alphabetical by last name.
Action Alert: Tell FDA to Keep Its Hands Off Doctor-Supervised Prescription Chelation for Heart Health
We are not currently sending messages to Congress while members are campaigning. Messages to Congress during recesses—much less campaigns—are largely ignored. During these few weeks, we will still be sending messages to regulatory agencies. In light of the FDA’s recent action against non-prescription chelators and an earlier attack on prescription chelators for the heart, today’s Action Alert is an important one. Please take a moment to read it and respond.
You Are Changing Minds in DC!
Here’s proof that the political process can work: Capitol Hill is talking about what ANH-USA supporters have been able to accomplish with the dietary supplement and food safety bills. But there’s much more work to be done.
Putting to Rest Recent Codex Rumors
There’s nothing like a good conspiracy theory. But in the Internet age, conspiracies sometimes proliferate like weeds—and this one is false.
What is Happening with the Leahy Bill? A New Action Alert
At one point we almost lost—it’s still touch and go—but there is some good news to report.
Why Patrick Leahy’s Food Safety Accountability Act of 2010 Must Be Stopped
Last week we told you about the threat posed by Sen. Leahy’s new bill. This week we want to explain how important it is that all of us take action—immediately.