4 Ways The TPP Will Affect Your Dinner Plate1 [View all]

[Ferd Berfel]

Hey, what happened to TPP news? We (and democracy) are about to get screwed and we're ignoring it.

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If we allow the TPP to pass, our quality of food will be compromised. This is just another way the TPP is dangerous for America
Food safety has been a major issue in the United States for years. Not because the food we produce is bad, but because much of the food that is imported from countries like China and Vietnam is severely hurting people in the United States. Our food safety regulations are strict to ensure healthy foods, however poor countries have much lower food safety standards than we do.

Vietnam uses chemicals that are banned in the United States in their fish farms yet we still open up our borders to them. China has been notorious for mislabeled food with past due expiration dates on their beef products yet we still allow it to come through onto our dinner plates.

The fact is that 3,000 people in the United States die each year from foodborne illnesses. To make matters worse, if the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is to pass, this will only become worse. Below are four reasons as to why the TPP makes food safety an even greater issue.

The FDA is currently underfunded and has only the resources to inspect 1 to 2 percent of imported food. The TPP would only stretch that further since more food imports will be flooding in than now. “We don’t have the regulatory capacity to deal with increased trade from a food standpoint,” said Tony Corbo, senior lobbyist for Food & Water Watch.

Food from all countries involved in the TPP would be deemed equal, even though one country might have higher standards than the others.
Food labeling could completely disappear.
We would lose our food sovereignty