Fw: [RADFOOD] Action Alert! Wal-Mart Eyes Irradiation!

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From: " Mikhail " <mmikhail@...>

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Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 1:54 PM

Subject: [RADFOOD] Action Alert! Wal-Mart Eyes Irradiation!

> *please distribute widely*

> *apologies for cross-posting*

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> ***ACTION ALERT! WAL-MART EYES IRRADIATION!***

>

> There are strong indications that Wal-Mart may soon roll out irradiated

> meat in most, if not all, of their stores that sell groceries. This

> decision will have a major impact on the economic success of

> irradiation. Even if you are not a Wal-Mart customer, you can take

> action to urge them not to carry irradiated meat.

>

> Every week, Wal-Mart serves more than 138 million customers in

> thousands of stores. It has become the number one food retailer in the

> country. Wal-Mart is interested in irradiation because it is

> " case-ready " meat, which is ground and packaged at central processing

> facilities and shipped to the store ready to go into the meat case –

> without any handling by store employees.

>

> It is important that we act NOW to convince Wal-Mart that irradiated

> food is a bad choice!

>

> ***SEND A FREE FAX TO WAL-MART!***

> click on the link below to send a free fax to Wal-Mart and add your own

> comments:

> http://www.citizen.org/fax/background.cfm?ID=221 & source=12

>

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