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This summer, as hundreds got sick and three people were killed from eating spinach contaminated by E. coli bacteria, the food manufacturing industry launched an attack on food safety laws. After passing a bill in the House to eliminate state and local food safety protections, the industry turned to the Senate to finish the job. Arizona PIRG worked to oppose the attempts to set food safety back at a time when it should be moving forward. Ultimately, the Senate rejected this attack on food safety protections by refusing to even hold a vote on the dangerous industry bill. The threat to consumers, however, is not gone and Arizona PIRG remains vigilantly prepared to oppose similar industry attempts to weaken food safety protections.
