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Subject: Say Yes to Food Safety - No to Taylor & Olsterholm
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Friends,

Help stop a former Monsanto executive from working in the White House!


Currently America is in the middle of a record food safety crisis and
it could get a whole lot worse.

There's a possibility that former Monsanto executive Michael Taylor
and irradiation proponent Dr. Michael Osterholm will be named to top
food safety spots in the new Administration.=20

We need your help to defend America's food supply. Write Secretary
Vilsack ( [log in to unmask] ) and tell him to stand strong on food
safety.

Ask Secretary Vilsack to say no to Taylor and Osterholm.

 1. Michael Taylor
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/7db9bbad28/i=
d=3D2590&name=3DMichael-Taylo]
, a former Monsanto executive, whose career literally fits the
definition of the revolving door
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/309bfb7a53]
 between government, lobbying and corporate interests. Before serving
on the Obama ag transition team
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/82ffa520f2]
, Taylor made a name for himself rotating in and out of law firms,
Monsanto, the USDA and FDA. While at the FDA he helped write the rules
to allow rBGH
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/abb2b87b82]
 into the American food system and our children's milk.

Now we've learned that Taylor may be in line to run an office in the
White House on food safety!

2.  On Monday, Secretary Vilsack is set to announce the appointment of
Dr. Michael Osterholm
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/90c5cc5f50]
, a food safety expert, to lead the Food Safety agency at the USDA.
According to Food & Water Watch
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/b05b200f8c]
, Osterholm has been "a zealot in promoting th[e] controversial
technology (of irradiation)
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/1ecd345ad4]
 as the panacea to contaminated food."

Irradiation allows food processors to nuke disease
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/4b4f311079]
 from contaminated food at the end of the production line, while
ignoring the root problems that create unsafe food.

For Osterholm, the recent peanut butter fiasco
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/2c8ee8b5dd]
 apparently was just another example of how irradiation could save the
day. "Clearly it's a problem
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/8875ee099e]
 where the raw peanut butter or paste is consumed and not cooked,"
Osterholm said.

About the magnitude of America's most recent food safety crisis,
Osterholm said, "The recall has reached a level that is far beyond
what's necessary."

Try telling that to the relatives of the nine people who died and to
the over 600 sick individuals across the country.

"This was like peeling an onion," Osterholm continued. "It
demonstrates the magnitude of processed food in this country."

Well, at least he got that much right...

The problem, Osterholm doesn't take constructive criticism of his
favorite technology lightly. In 1999 he wrote an editorial calling
food safety advocates who questioned the safety of irradiation
terrorists
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/9f6ecf5420]
..

This doesn't sound like the type of leader that the USDA needs right
now. If you think this is bad news, let the Administration know about
it!

Join Food Democracy Now! in calling for true reformers to be placed in
positions at the USDA, FDA and beyond. We need a food safety system
with some teeth - one that is independent of corporate interests.

Write Secretary Vilsack and ask him to reconsider these decisions.

If you'd like to see Food Democracy Now! grassroots work continue,
please consider donating as little as $10 or $25
[http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/22f3d8b338]
.. We need all your support to be able to create the change that is
needed at the USDA.

Thanks again for helping make this a success, it's time to join
together to create Sustainable Change.

Best,

Dave

Please cut and paste the below email and send it to Secretary Vilsack
at the following address.

[log in to unmask]

Dear Secretary Vilsack,

I ask that you take the lead in helping America protect the safety of
its food supply by appointing a real reformer at the USDA Food Safety
and Inspection Service (FSIS) position and advising President Obama
not to name Michael Taylor to any position in the administration.

Please appoint someone other than Michael Osterholm, who has proven to
be too biased in favor of a single technology that has been
ineffective in stopping food safety outbreaks and is something that
most American consumers don't want.

I took the President at his word when he said he would close the
revolving door in this new administration and I know that you want to
lead a new era at the USDA.

Please appoint true reformers to positions within the USDA to help you
transform America's food and farm system for the 21st century.

Thanks for your consideration.

Sincerely,


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<p>
Friends,
</p>
<p style=3D"font-weight: bold">
Help stop a former Monsanto executive from working in the White House!=20
</p>
<p>
Currently America is in the middle of a record food safety crisis and <span=20=
style=3D"font-weight: bold">it could get a whole lot worse</span>.=20
</p>
<p>
There's a possibility that <strong>former Monsanto executive Michael Taylor<=
/strong> and <strong>irradiation proponent Dr. Michael Osterholm</strong> wi=
ll be named to top food safety spots in the new Administration.&nbsp;=20
</p>
<p>
We need your help to defend America's food supply. Write Secretary Vilsack (=
 [log in to unmask] ) and tell him to stand strong on food safety.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Ask Secretary Vilsack to say no to Taylor and Osterholm.</strong>=20
</p>
<p>
&nbsp;<span style=3D"font-weight: bold">1</span>. <a href=3D"http://cts.vres=
p.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/339e54c855/id=3D2590&name=
=3DMichael-Taylo">Michael Taylor</a>, a former Monsanto executive, whose car=
eer literally fits the definition of <a href=3D"http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Food=
DemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/59b3bdca7a">the revolving door</a> betwee=
n government, lobbying and corporate interests. Before serving on the Obama=20=
<a href=3D"http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/cb=
81a97294">ag transition team</a>, Taylor made a name for himself rotating in=
 and out of law firms, Monsanto, the USDA and FDA. While at the FDA he helpe=
d write the rules to allow <a href=3D"http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyN=
ow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/a58dc620f4">rBGH</a> into the American food system=20=
and our children&rsquo;s milk.<br />
</p>
<p>
Now we&rsquo;ve learned that <span style=3D"font-weight: bold">Taylor</span>=
 may be in line <span style=3D"font-weight: bold">to run an office in the Wh=
ite House</span> on food safety!
</p>
<p>
<span style=3D"font-weight: bold">2</span>.&nbsp; <span style=3D"font-weight=
: bold">On Monday, Secretary Vilsack</span> is <span style=3D"font-weight: b=
old">set to announce <a href=3D"http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd=
8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/d36c4c9c79">the appointment of Dr. Michael Osterholm</a><=
/span>, a food safety expert, to lead the Food Safety agency at the USDA. Ac=
cording to <a href=3D"http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a=
12c8584a/8c0752f446">Food & Water Watch</a>, Osterholm has been &ldquo;a zea=
lot in promoting th[e] controversial technology (of <a href=3D"http://cts.vr=
esp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/7545edb4e2">irradiation)</=
a> as the panacea to contaminated food.&rdquo;<br />
</p>
<p>
Irradiation allows food processors to<a href=3D"http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Food=
DemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/6c259e5d53"> nuke disease</a> from contam=
inated food at the end of the production line, while ignoring the root probl=
ems that create unsafe food.=20
</p>
<p>
For Osterholm, the recent <a href=3D"http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNo=
w/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/a33cbdc799">peanut butter fiasco</a> apparently was=20=
just another example of how irradiation could save the day. &quot;<a href=
=3D"http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/7788012dd=
9">Clearly it's a problem</a> where the raw peanut butter or paste is consum=
ed and <span style=3D"font-weight: bold">not cooked</span>,&quot; Osterholm=20=
said.<br />
<br />
About the magnitude of America&rsquo;s most recent food safety crisis, Oster=
holm said, &quot;The recall has reached a level that is far beyond what's ne=
cessary.&quot;<br />
<br />
Try telling that to the relatives of the <span style=3D"font-weight: bold">n=
ine people who died</span> and to the over 600 sick individuals across the c=
ountry.<br />
<br />
&quot;This was like peeling an onion,&quot; Osterholm continued. &quot;It de=
monstrates the magnitude of processed food in this country.&quot;<br />
<br />
Well, at least he got that much right&hellip;
</p>
<p>
The problem, Osterholm doesn't take constructive criticism of his favorite t=
echnology lightly. In 1999 he wrote <a href=3D"http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodD=
emocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/8a12c8584a/8ebb71c777">an editorial calling food safe=
ty advocates who questioned the safety of irradiation terrorists</a>.=20
</p>
<p>
This doesn't sound like the type of leader that the USDA needs right now. If=
 you think this is bad news, <span style=3D"font-weight: bold">let the Admin=
istration know about it!</span>=20
</p>
<p>
Join Food Democracy Now! in calling for true reformers to be placed in posit=
ions at the USDA, FDA and beyond. We need a food safety system with some tee=
th - one that is independent of corporate interests.
</p>
<p>
<span style=3D"font-weight: bold">Write Secretary Vilsack and ask him to rec=
onsider these decisions. </span><br />
<br />
If you&rsquo;d like to see Food Democracy Now! grassroots work continue, ple=
ase consider <a href=3D"http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FoodDemocracyNow/9fd8d1aec8/=
8a12c8584a/7321bac9d9">donating as little as $10 or $25</a>. We need all you=
r support to be able to create the change that is needed at the USDA.<br />
<br />
Thanks again for helping make this a success, it's time to join together to=20=
create Sustainable Change.=20
</p>
<p>
Best,
</p>
<p>
Dave=20
</p>
<p>
<br />
<span style=3D"font-weight: bold">Please cut and paste the below email and s=
end it to Secretary Vilsack at the following address.</span><br />
<br />
[log in to unmask]<br />
<br />
Dear Secretary Vilsack,<br />
<br />
I ask that you take the lead in helping America protect the safety of its fo=
od supply by appointing a real reformer at the USDA Food Safety and Inspecti=
on Service (FSIS) position and advising President Obama not to name Michael=20=
Taylor to any position in the administration.<br />
<br />
Please appoint someone other than Michael Osterholm, who has proven to be to=
o biased in favor of a single technology that has been ineffective in stoppi=
ng food safety outbreaks and is something that most American consumers don&r=
squo;t want.<br />
<br />
I took the President at his word when he said he would close the revolving d=
oor in this new administration and I know that you want to lead a new era at=
 the USDA.=20
</p>
<p>
Please appoint true reformers to positions within the USDA to help you trans=
form America&rsquo;s food and farm system for the 21st century.<br />
<br />
Thanks for your consideration.<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br />
</p>
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