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Letter to FDA reagrding Meeting with Consumer Groups to Discuss Gulf Coast Food Safety

August 5, 2010
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Letter from various consumer groups, including Consumers Union, to the FDA following the BP oil spill, asking for a meeting to discuss data and decision-making behind comments to the media that Gulf seafood is safe.

IssuesProduct SafetyFood
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Jean Halloran
Director, Food Policy Initiatives​
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