Peter Hurley
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Peter Hurley, a food activist with Consumers Union and working with the Make Our Food Safe Coalition, became a leading advocate for food safety last year after his son, Jacob, was poisoned by salmonella in his favorite snack -- Austin peanut butter crackers. He has testified before Congress and lobbied the Senate and House of Representatives in both Oregon and D.C. Peter is a Portland, Oregon police officer and lives in Wilsonville, OR with his wife Brandy and their three children Jacob and two girls, Lauren and Alyssa

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Fighting For Better Food Safety Laws: A Personal Story

Posted February 5, 2010 | 15:36:00 (EST)

Until a year ago, I barely took note when news of another contaminated food outbreak scrawled across my television screen. But everything changed almost exactly a year ago, when our then three-year-old son, Jacob, was poisoned with Salmonella.

Jake came down with flu-like symptoms in January 2009....

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