House votes to remove state food label requirements

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The House of Representatives has voted to keep states from requiring food safety labeling beyond that required by the federal government. It would strike down about 200 existing state laws requiring such labeling as mercury warnings for certain types of fish, allergen listings, and sulfite warnings. 39 states' attorney generals are against it,

Comments

[anonymous]

It's because we've been taking way too much power away from the President, donchaknow...

[jehannamama]

yah... well, that and the fact that he and his buddies own the companies that don't want us to know about the mercury, sufites, and allergens...

[singingnettle]

Oh fuckedity fuckedity fuckedity.

Well, I needed to lose weight, anyway.