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Safe Food, Healthy Kids

Did you know, most fast food chains have safety standards 10 times stronger for beef than the USDA has set for school lunches?

For years, the meat industry and other food interests have lobbied against stronger food safety standards. We’re fighting back, because if it’s not good enough for fast food, it’s not good enough for school food. Learn more.

 

 

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Product Safety Bill Passes Both Houses

Thanks to your calls and e-mails, we pushed the Senate to pass a strong product safety bill, which will levy heftier fines against companies that made last year the year of the recall. 

Take action and tell Congress to finish the job • Read about our product safety campaign

Congress Ends Practice Of Self-Policing

In March, our advocacy won a new independent office that will end an era of congressional self-policing that allowed the Jack Abramoffs of the world to play fast and loose with money in politics.

Read more about our work on lobby reform

 

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