• September 08, 2010
  "Advocates Demand Action on Food Safety"
  Make Our Food Safe coalition partners, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Consumer Federation of America, and U.S. Public Interest Research Group hosted a press conference Wednesday to advocate for food safety reform.

• September 08, 2010
  "AP Exclusive: Back to Work After Salmonella Case"
  "The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were blamed in asalmonella outbreak two years ago that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business."

• September 08, 2010
  "Where the Salmonella Really Came From"
  "It's been nearly one month since the nationwide recall of 550 million eggs, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) still hasn't figured out where the salmonella that sickened 1,470 people originated."

• September 07, 2010
  "Effect of president's economic agenda on health-related bills' timing unclear"
  "President Obama's new economic priorities — and Democrats' desperate desire to refocus on job creation ahead of the mid-term elections — could delay health bills after the August recess."

• September 05, 2010
  "Son of Salmonella Casualty Speaks to U.S. Senate"
  "As people across the metro enjoy barbecues this Labor Day weekend, the safety of food continues to be a hot topic. Just this past week a major settlement was reached for three Minnesota families who lost loved ones during the peanut butter salmonella outbreak less than two years ago."

• September 05, 2010
  Op-ed: "Egged on to a better food system"
  Jennifer Wilkins of the Albany Times Union in New York describes how the recent outbreak of foodborne illness linked to contaminated eggs is drawing attention to the need for food safety reform.

• September 04, 2010
  "Eggs and salmonella contamination"
  "As the scope of the nationwide salmonella outbreak expanded late last month, farmers market vendors reported rushes on locally produced eggs and people with backyard flocks were sitting smug."

• September 03, 2010
  "Egg farmers: Good managing can help control salmonella"
  "There is nothing small scale about Pearl Valley Eggs, deep in the heart of Illinois farm country. The egg farm itself, two miles south of the nearest town, is a neat collection of 350-foot- and 450-foot henhouses covered in white steel siding."

• September 03, 2010
  Editorial: "Better food, drug safety steps urgently needed"
  The St. Petersburg Times pushes for Congress to reform the nation's "inadequate" food and drug safety systems.

• September 03, 2010
  Editorial: "The truth about food safety legislation"
  California Senator Dianne Feinstein, in Politico, argues for the inclusion of BPA-guidelines within food safety legislation.

• September 02, 2010
  "Food Safety A "Priority" For Senate: Reid Aide"
  "Passing food safety reform legislation this year is a 'priority' for the Senate, said a spokesman for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, as Congress feels pressure from consumer groups to act following the latest recall to highlight weaknesses in the system."

• September 02, 2010
  "Rep. Nita Lowey visits Consumers Union to push food-safety bill"
  "U.S. Congresswoman Nita Lowey stopped by Consumers Union’s headquarters in Yonkers, N.Y., to talk about the need for reform of our food-safety laws."

• September 02, 2010
  Editorial: "Guest View: Food safety needs to be fast tracked"
  Founders of The Cornucopia Institute, a farm policy research group based in Cornucopia, Wis., discuss the urgent need for food safety legislation reform.

• September 02, 2010
  Editorial: "Salmonella outbreak shows need for better oversight, inspections"
  The Greeley Tribune, in Colorado, argues for improved food safety regulation in the wake of the recent recall of contaminated eggs.

• August 31, 2010
  "Inspectors: Egg farms in recall unsanitary"
  Coalition member and Pew Health Group Food Safety Deputy Director Erik Olson was interviewed by The Washington Post for this report on the investigation of egg farms linked to the recent outbreak of Salmonella.

• August 30, 2010
  Editorial: "Egg debacle reveals loopholes"
  The Boston Globe points out weaknesses of current food safety legislation and calls for reform.

• August 30, 2010
  Editorial: "Lessons in the egg recall"
  The Baltimore Sun argues that reform on food safety legislation is long overdue.

• August 30, 2010
  Editorial: "Our view on food safety: Egg recalls fit pattern of negligence, lax oversight"
  Food safety legislation has been inadequate, according to this editorial from USA Today.

• August 29, 2010
  Editorial: "Bad eggs show need for better food safety enforcement"
  The Star-Ledger looks to the recent Salmonella outbreak in eggs to point out weaknesses on current food safety regulation.

• August 26, 2010
  Make Our Food Safe Coalition Applauds Action on Senate Food-Safety Bill
  The Make Our Food Safe coalition today issued the following statement regarding the bipartisan manager’s package for S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, released last week by the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee.

• August 25, 2010
  Tainted Eggs Renew Calls For Food Safety Overhaul
  April Fulton of NPR reports on how salmonella outbreaks from eggs are calling attention to food safety legislation reform.

• August 18, 2010
  Congress nears last push to revamp food inspections
  With the November elections near and legislative time fast vanishing, Congress is near its last chance to enact food-safety legislation.

• August 02, 2010
  U.S. regulators lack data on health risks of most chemicals
  A recent cereal recall this summer hints at a larger issue: huge gaps in the government's knowledge about chemicals in everyday consumer products.

• July 14, 2010
  Victims Call on Senate Leaders to Schedule S.510
  Kentucky native Lauren Bush and Nevada resident Rylee Gustafson nearly died in 2006 as a result of eating contaminated spinach, and since then have been tireless advocates for national food-safety reform.

• July 13, 2010
  Kentucky Voters Back Food-Safety Legislation
  A new bipartisan survey commissioned by the Pew Health Group shows a majority of Kentucky voters support federal food-safety reform.

• June 21, 2010
  "Foodborne infection victims press Senate to act on food safety bill"
  Survivors of foodborne infections and the families of victims who died are pressing senators to pass a food safety bill this month.

• June 04, 2010
  "Food Safety Reform Cannot Wait!"
  Patricia Buck from the Center for Foodborne Illness recounts her experience losing her grandson Kyle to foodborne illness and urges the Senate to vote on Senate bill, S. 510.

• May 07, 2010
  "Tainted lettuce sickens 19, leads to recall and increased pressure on lawmakers"
  At least 19 people have fallen ill due to tainted romaine lettuce in 23 states and Washington, D.C.

• April 19, 2010
  MOFS Advocate Launches Moms' Campaign for Safe Food
  Since Leigh Ann Winnard's son contracted an infection in 2002 linked to a recalled food and was weaken to the point that he could not walk, sit or stand, she has been urging our government to make sure our food supply is as safe as it can be.

• March 11, 2010
  "FDA Says Company Knowingly Shipped Tainted Food Additive"
  Las Vegas-based food company that produces HVP knew about their contamination, yet distributed their product to foodmakers across the U.S. despite.

• December 10, 2009
  Give the People What They Want: Make Our Food Safe for the Holidays
  Everyone wants safer food. And nearly everyone wants legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration new, long overdue authority and resources to improve the United States' food safety system.

• December 08, 2009
  Now is the time to pass food safety legislation
  Legislation that will improve the nation's food safety is poised for a vote in the Senate, but it is up to Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV) to bring it to the floor for a vote.

• October 22, 2009
  My daughter's battle with E. coli
  "A few years ago my life was much like the lives of many other mothers across the United States. Most of my waking hours were consumed with my job and taking care of my family. Needless to say, I hardly had the time to engage in political activism. But then Rylee got sick - and my perspective changed."

• October 07, 2009
  Are we all crash test dummies for the food industry?
  "People often ask me how I manage to eat, given what I do for a living. It's true - by all rights, I should be starving. As the lead author of the new report just released from Center for Science in the Public Interest, The Ten Riskiest Foods Regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, today is another day when I'll have a tough time putting anything in my mouth."

• September 08, 2009
  Large Majority of Americans Want Stronger Food Safety Rules
  About 9 in 10 support the federal government adopting additional food safety measures, and 64 percent believe that imported foods are often or sometimes unsafe, according to a Pew-commissioned poll by the bipartisan team of Hart Research and Public Opinion Strategies.