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April 19th, 2013
Groups Call for Protection of Honey Bees on Earth Day
Groups Call for Protection of Honey Bees on Earth Day
With honey bees suffering a devastating decline as high as 90 percent as Earth Day approaches, national environmental groups, Beyond Pesticides and Center for Food Safety, have launched a campaign cal
April 11th, 2013
National Organic Standards Board Decision a Victory for Organics, Preservation of Antibiotics
National Organic Standards Board Decision a Victory  for Organics, Preservation of Antibiotics
A joint statement of Center for Food Safety, Consumers Union, and Food and Water Watch (Portland, OR) Today the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) rejected a petition to extend the expiration dat
April 8th, 2013
Center for Food Safety, Consumers Union, Food & Water Watch Urge National Organic Standards Board to Discontinue Use of Antibiotics in Organic Apple, Pear Production
Center for Food Safety, Consumers Union, Food & Water Watch Urge National Organic Standards Board to Discontinue Use of Antibiotics in Organic Apple, Pear Production
New Consumer Reports Poll: More than 80 Percent Don’t Know or Don’t Think Antibiotics Used to Treat Disease in Apple, Pears; More than Half Think Apples, Pears Treated with Antibiotics Should Not Have
April 5th, 2013
U.K. Parliamentary Commission Calls for Moratorium on Bee-Killing Pesticides
U.K. Parliamentary Commission Calls for Moratorium on Bee-Killing Pesticides
Report challenges industry research practices, raising questions at home and abroad Today, the U.K. House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) released their heavily anticipated report Polli
March 29th, 2013
Center for Food Safety Applauds Senator Mikulski's Statement Opposing Biotech Rider
Center for Food Safety Applauds Senator Mikulski's Statement Opposing Biotech Rider
Mikulski Statement Positive First Step; Senate Must Steer Clear from Biotech Rider in Future Legislation Today, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski released a statement asserti
March 22nd, 2013
U.S. Senate Passes Amendment in Favor of Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Fish
U.S. Senate Passes Amendment in Favor of Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Fish
Center for Food Safety applauds passage of the Begich amendment in Senate Budget Resolution.The Center for Food Safety (CFS) applauds the passage of an amendment offered by Senator Mark Begich (D-Alas
March 21st, 2013
CFS, Beekeepers and Public Interest Groups Sue EPA Over Bee-Toxic Pesticides
CFS, Beekeepers and Public Interest Groups Sue EPA Over Bee-Toxic Pesticides
Lawsuit seeks to address bee Colony Collapse Disorder and demands EPA protect livelihoods, rural economies and environmentToday, a year after groups formally petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protecti
March 20th, 2013
Center for Food Safety Denounces Dangerous "Biotech" Earmark in Senate-passed Spending Bill
Center for Food Safety Denounces Dangerous
Center calls rider “corporate welfare” for Monsanto and other biotech companies The Center for Food Safety (CFS) condemns the inclusion of a dangerous corporate earmark, the “biotech rider,” in the Se
March 20th, 2013
Top grocery stores: We won't sell genetically engineered seafood
Top grocery stores: We won't sell genetically engineered seafood
Trader Joe’s, Aldi, Whole Foods, Marsh among stores that will reject GE fish A coalition of consumer, health, food safety and fishing groups today launched the “Campaign for Genetically Engineered (GE
March 15th, 2013
New Legal Petition asks FDA to Prohibit Yet Another Unnecessary Antibiotic Use
New Legal Petition asks FDA to Prohibit Yet Another Unnecessary Antibiotic Use
Agriculture organizations ask FDA to halt antibiotic use in fuel byproduct sold as animal feed According to a legal petition submitted today to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), antibiotic use i
March 1st, 2013
Epa Improperly Withholds Information Vital To The Public Health
Epa Improperly Withholds Information Vital To The Public Health
Despite the threat of a lawsuit, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is continuing to improperly withhold information vital to the public health, acting in direct dereliction of its duties und
February 22nd, 2013
Justice In Food Poisoning Indictment Is Too Little, Too Late
Justice In Food Poisoning Indictment Is Too Little, Too Late
Four Peanut Corporation Of America Executives Indicted For 2009 Food Poisoning Episode Linked To 9 Deaths, 700 Sick Center for Food Safety Calls for Immediate Passage of Food Safety Accountability Act
February 21st, 2013
Citizen Action Pushes Dairies To Declare Hazardous Substance Releases
Citizen Action Pushes Dairies To Declare Hazardous Substance Releases
Following years of violations, threat of lawsuits forces industrial dairies to publicly report data. Community Association for Restoration of the Environment (CARE) and the Center for Food Safety (CFS
February 20th, 2013
Groups Challenge Proposed EPA Approval of Dangerous New Pesticide
Groups Challenge Proposed EPA Approval of Dangerous New Pesticide
Eight national non-profit organizations concerned with the environment, food safety, children’s health, bee and bird conservation, and pesticide management, sent two letters calling on the Environment
February 15th, 2013
Groups File Lawsuits to Stop Groundwater Pollution from Industrial Dairies
Groups File Lawsuits to Stop Groundwater Pollution from Industrial Dairies
Citizens react to dairies’ failure to change practices and regulators’ wait-and-see approach Community Association for Restoration of the Environment (CARE) and the Center for Food Safety (CFS) – repr
February 12th, 2013
As Challenge over Seed Rights Approaches Supreme Court, New Report Exposes Devastating Impact of Monsanto Practices on U.S. Farmers
As Challenge over Seed Rights Approaches Supreme Court, New Report Exposes Devastating Impact of Monsanto Practices on U.S. Farmers
Center for Food Safety and Save Our Seeds Investigate Role of Seed Patents in Consolidating Corporate Control of Global Food Supply Today, one week before the Supreme Court hears arguments in Bowman v