Say "No thanks!" to Chinese chicken imports.

The Chinese government and some big agribusiness players want to export processed chicken from China to the U.S., despite China's poor safety standards and lax enforcement policies. On-site inspections conducted by U.S. inspectors in China have found:

• filthy and unsanitary conditions in the facilities;
• defective equipment;
• improper employee hygiene;
• lack of pre-shipment review procedures;
• and the lack of microbial testing for Salmonella and generic E. coli;

In the past year alone, American consumers have been exposed to dangerous imports ranging from deadly pet food and blood thinners to toxic toys and fish. Even worse, there are currently reports of another avian flu outbreak in Hong Kong. Now is clearly not the time to allow Chinese chicken imports into the U.S.

American consumers want a safe food supply, so until China fixes its broken system, it's a good precaution to not allow poultry from China. Please sign our petition telling Congress to protect U.S. consumers by not allowing processed chicken from China.

http://action.foodandwaterwatch.org/t/5 ... n_KEY=1216