Attorneys Call for Senate to Act on FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
According to a food safety report issued by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, U.S. PIRG (federation of state Public Interest Safety Groups) and the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), 85 separate food recalls linked to 1,850 illnesses have occurred since the House passed H.R. 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act, 13 months ago. Yet, the Senate has not passed S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, the Senate’s version of the bill. As lawyers and food safety advocates, Pritzker Olsen attorneys call on the Senate to pass S. 510 and support the FDA and USDA in their efforts to keep our food safe.
Attorney Fred Pritzker represents people sickened in foodborne outbreaks. “I have a client that drank milk contaminated with Campylobacter bacteria and is now paralyzed from Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS),” stated Pritzker. “I have other clients who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) from an E. coli infection and suffered kidney failure, severe hypertension, brain damage and other serious problems. These illnesses were preventable, but food producers seem unwilling to take the measures necessary to make food safe.”
Pritzker Olsen attorneys urge everyone to contact their Senators and tell them the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) should be passed immediately.
The S. 510 was sponsored in the Senate by Richard Durban of Illinois and co-sponsored by the following 17 Senators:
Lamar Alexander [TN]
Jeff Bingaman [NM]
Richard Burr [NC]
Roland Burris [IL]
Saxby Chambliss [GA]
Christopher Dodd [CT]
Michael Enzi. [WY]
Kirsten Gillibrand [NY]
Judd Gregg [NH]
Tom Harkin [IA]
Orrin Hatch [UT]
Johnny Isakson [GA]
Edward Kennedy [MA] - (co-sponsored in 3/3/2009 and now deceased)
Amy Klobuchar [MN]
Benjamin Nelson [NE]
Tom Udall [NM]
David Vitter [LA]
Many of these Senators have been leaders in the area of consumer protection. If they are from your state, we suggest you contact them as a show of support.
