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Despite enjoying one of the safest food supplies in the world, Americans remain vulnerable to harmful contaminants, particularly because the United States is importing food from abroad at unprecedented levels. From requiring labels on food products to keeping dangerous chemicals like pesticides out of our food supply chain, Rep. Waxman has pushed for the strongest consumer protections to ensure food safety and the public’s right-to-know of dangerous contaminants in the food supply.
For nearly twenty years until 1996, Congress debated how to reform our nation's pesticide laws. Rep. Waxman led the fight in the House for tougher regulations and, as Chairman of the Health and the Environment Subcommittee, sponsored reform legislation and chaired hearings on this issue throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
After years of legislative stalemate, legislation was finally approved in 1996. Many of the most important provisions of "The Food Quality Protection Act" (Public Law 104-170) are the result of a remarkable compromise forged by Rep. Waxman, Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley, and Rep. John Dingell. That compromise has been called the "most important law you never heard of," and establishes a comprehensive regulatory system for the food we eat.
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Representative Henry A. Waxman 30th District of California
