Ask your MP to vote for food safety

Did you know that every year 13 million Canadians – or almost half the population – get food poisoning?

How does this make you feel about what’s packed in your lunch bag today?  How about the lunch bag of you children or grandchildren?

Food contamination has never been so widespread. At the same time, our ability to inspect and oversee food imports and domestic production is strained to the breaking point.

At FoodSafetyFirst.ca, we are giving every MP the opportunity to vote in favour of food safety.

Those MPs who vote in favour of food safety agree to urge the Prime Minister to adopt an action plan in his March 4th budget to fix the food inspection deficit that exposes Canadians to food safety risks that are too high.

Please send a message today to urge your MP to vote in favour of food safety.

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