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Lettuce, tomatoes, mushrooms, pickles? Unfortunately, we're not talking about food. Instead, we are referring to possible contaminants like E. coli and salmonella. Another outbreak is likely if not inevitable considering our current food safety system.

NEWS: The Food Safety Enhancement Act (H.R. 2749) passed on July 29, 2009 in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation addresses some of the gaping loopholes in the food safety program at FDA that were tragically exposed by a series of food borne illness outbreaks in recent years that sickened and even killed U.S. consumers. Read more about this bill.

Global Food Crisis: Key Player Revealed

In 2008, Cargill reported profits of almost $4 billion, its sixth straight year of record-breaking earnings, even as much of the rest of the world economy started to collapse.

While millions of people around the world face severe hunger, the handful of agribusiness corporations that dominate the global agricultural market are seeing huge profits.

Read the report and learn more – Cargill: A Threat to Food and Farming

Want Chinese Chicken on Your Plate?

The Chinese government and some big agribusiness players want to export processed chicken from China to the U.S. However, the Chinese food safety system doesn't have the best track record. In the past year alone, American consumers have been exposed to dangerous imports from China ranging from deadly pet food and blood thinners to toxic toys and fish.

Sign our petition and urge Congress to keep the ban on unsafe Chinese chicken !

Join the Fight for Artificial Hormone-Free Milk

Help us grow the demand for milk produced without artificial growth hormones! Sign our petition and pass it around. We need your support in getting healthier milk and dairy products on our supermarket shelves and in restaurant chains. Chipotle, Kroger, and Wal-Mart are the most recent stores choosing to supply rBGH-free dairy products. Let's keep that a growing trend. Sign our petition to thank them and encourage others to do the same.

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Reports

Unseen Hazards: from Nanotechnology to Nanotoxicity — Nanotechnology—engineering extremely small parti ...
Bridging the GAPs — Although the vast majority of produce-related food ...
rBGH: How Artificial Hormones Damage the Dairy Industry and Endanger Public Health — Recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH), also cal ...
Where's the Local Beef? — Local beef. Sustainable sausage. They’re what a ...
The Poisoned Fruit of American Trade Policy — Food & Water Watch Report - Poison Fruit of Ameri ...