FDA Shields Notification Responsibilities
Mother Jones magazine reports why that finger numbing fish your families are consuming remains legal in their September 2008 article “Why Mercury Tuna Remains Legal”. MJ reports on Deborah Landvik-Fellner’s hair losing plight, one of many health effects she suffered as a consequence of consuming canned tuna high in mercury as the FDA protects the seafood industry from mandatory labeling requirements. Her winning lawsuit against Tri-Union Seafoods, parent company of Chicken of the Sea, establishes precedent and may begin to unravel the FDA’s longstanding legal premise of federal preemption, considered tantamount to consumer fraud.
