Amendment threatens food safety

Every state's right to control the agricultural products sold in their state is being threatened. It means our food safety is at huge risk.

Rep. Steve King from Iowa wants to add his amendment called the "Protect Interstate Commerce Act" (HR 4879) to this year's Farm Bill. If added, the laws that ban harmful or toxic food items from entering our grocery stores could be reversed. Soon, states could be forced to sell these products just because some other state allows their sale. It's not fair, and every state should be able to establish its own rules and regulations in order to protect its consumers and citizens.

I don't want to have to do research before going to the grocery store; I want to trust that my state government will not let dangerous products on grocery store shelves.

There's only a small window of time to prevent King's amendment from being added to the final Farm Bill, so please contact your representatives and senators today and ask them to vote against the amendment. Our food safety matters.

Chak Dantuluri

Naperville