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U.S. Eliminates State-Mandated Food Labeling! The U.S.
House recently approved the National Uniformity
for Food Act, a bill intended to override state
laws on food safety labeling.
It would
effectively eliminate more than 200 state laws,
including tough California rules requiring food
producers to warn consumers about carcinogenic
ingredients.
Rushed
Through for the Food Industry Critics have
complained that the bill was rushed through
without complete hearings, as a favor to the
food industry. The House voted down
measures that would have allowed states to keep
labels warning consumers about ingredients that
could cause cancer, birth defects, or
reproductive health problems, and the use of
carbon monoxide to treat meat.
Arsenic
in Bottled Water California's
senators are threatening to keep the bill from
coming to the Senate floor. As a result of
California's current state laws, bottled water
companies have cut arsenic levels, and bakers
have taken carcinogen potassium bromate out of
many baked goods.
$31
Million Food
industry advocates of the law have argued that
laws that differ from state to state drive up
costs, since manufacturers and distributors must
comply with different rules in different states. Food
industry corporations and trade groups
contributed more than $3 million to
congressional representatives in the last
election cycle, and $31 million total since
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