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April 2nd, 2024

Center for Food Safety Demands Endangered Species Protection for Imperiled Butterfly

San Francisco, CA — Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) announced plans to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for violating the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by continuing to ignore the imper

March 26th, 2024

Lawsuit Filed Demanding FDA Respond to Petitions Seeking to Ban Ractopamine

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Food Safety, and Food Animal Concerns Trust filed a lawsuit to require the U.S. Food and Drug Admin

March 21st, 2024

U.S. Tries to Force Potentially Hazardous GM Corn on Mexico

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) today released an analysis supporting Mexico in its bid to maintain restrictions protecting its food supply from potentially hazardous genetically modified (GM) corn.

March 5th, 2024

Statement on Organic Grower Group Amicus Brief

Center for Food Safety, representing itself and eight other organic stakeholders, recently filed a "friend of the court" amicus brief in support of organic "grower group" certification in a case chall

February 8th, 2024

California's Dairy Methane Digester Program More Costly and Less Efficient Than Claimed, Report Finds

San Francisco, CA—Removing methane emissions from cow waste may not be as effective or cost-efficient as California state and dairy industry officials have claimed, according to a new report—the first

February 6th, 2024

Federal Court Halts Spraying of Monsanto's Dicamba Pesticide Across Millions of Acres of Cotton, Soybeans

Tucson, Ariz. – In a sweeping victory for family farmers and dozens of endangered plants and animals, a federal court today revoked approval of the notoriously volatile, weed-killing pesticide dicamba

December 18th, 2023

Oregon County Requires One-Mile Setbacks for New Large Factory Farms Following Statewide Legislation

Linn County, Oregon — On Tuesday December 12th, 2023, with the new authority passed by the Oregon legislature to reform factory farm regulation, the Linn County Board of Commissioners established a ne

December 18th, 2023

Groups Sue Montana Over Unlawful Factory Farm Water Pollution Permit

Bozeman, MT — On Friday, Upper Missouri Waterkeeper, Food & Water Watch and Center for Food Safety sued the Montana Department of Environmental Quality over its statewide water pollution permit for co

December 13th, 2023

Farmworkers, Environmental Groups File Legal Action Demanding Roundup Ban

WASHINGTON—A groundbreaking legal action today calls on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to immediately suspend and cancel the dangerous herbicide glyphosate, the main ingredient in Mons

November 13th, 2023

Groups Urge Court to Strike Down Army Corps' Decision Greenlighting Ocean Fish Farming

SEATTLE, WA — Center for Food Safety (CFS) has filed arguments seeking to revoke the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' approval of nationwide permit 56, which authorizes industrial finfish aquaculture str

October 26th, 2023

Advocates Continue Fight Against Foster Farms Mega-Chicken Operation in Oregon

LINN COUNTY, OR —Yesterday, several Oregon-based farmer groups filed their opposition to the Oregon Department of Agriculture's (ODA) motion for summary judgment in the ongoing fight to rescind the w

October 25th, 2023

New USDA Animal Welfare Rule Restores Organic Integrity After Six Years of Litigation and Advocacy

WASHINGTON, DC —Today, the USDA released the final Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards (OLPS) rule, delivering an important victory for farmers, consumers, and animal welfare advocates. OLPS is a

October 5th, 2023

Court Grants Reversal of U.S. Army Corps' Industrial Shellfish Permits

SEATTLE, WA — Center for Food Safety (CFS) is praising a "narrow victory for coastal marine life" today following the Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington's ruling allowing th

October 2nd, 2023

EPA Refuses to Regulate Risks of Pesticide Formulations

SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied a 2017 legal petition by Center for Food Safety (CFS) calling on EPA to require testing and data on whole pesticide formu

September 28th, 2023

As Signing Ceremony for CAFO Bill Takes Place Two of Three Controversial Foster Farms Poultry Operations will Not Move Forward in Stayton and Scio

Salem, OR — Yesterday, in a ceremonial bill signing, Scio farmers, rural residents, and advocates joined Governor Tina Kotek to celebrate the passing of SB 85, a crucial measure backed by rural Oregon

September 22nd, 2023

Proposed Oregon Mega-Chicken Operations Defeated

SALEM, OR — Today, in a victory for local communities and the environment, the Statesmen Journal reports that both proposed mega-chicken Foster Farms operations are no longer seeking permits to open.

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