[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17679]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            FOOD SAFETY ACT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I am not going to give a long speech on food 
safety. I will say, however, how important it is.
  I read a column today where someone kind of minimized the importance 
of this and why should the Senate be working on this issue. I would 
invite them to meet a number of people in Nevada who had near-death 
experiences as a result of eating tainted food. That is what this 
legislation is all about. It is something we should have done before. 
It is a real shame that we have not been able to. I hope we can get 
this done before we leave here this year. I cannot get out of my mind 
the little girl who was so sick from eating spinach that was tainted. 
She has been hurt so badly for the rest of her life. She was held back 
in school. Her body is not what it should be. Her growth has been 
stunted. So anyone who minimizes the importance of this legislation 
does not understand how sick these people get and how often they die as 
a result of food poisonings.

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