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April 25th, 2012

California Cows Unhappy About Mad Cow Disease

Once again mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy [BSE]) has surfaced in the U.S. This week the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed BSE in a California dairy cow. USD

April 11th, 2012

USDA To Decide Imminently On Novel "Agent Orange" Corn

Toxic Herbicide 2,4-D Linked to Cancer, Lower Sperm Counts, and Parkinson’s Disease 2,4-D Drift Causes More Crop Injury than any Other Herbicide, Threatening American Farms Biotech Companies Only Win

April 11th, 2012

FDA Announces Antibiotic Reduction Plan

3 YEAR PHASE-OUT A WIN FOR CONSUMERS, FOOD SAFETY ADVOCATES, AND MEDICAL COMMUNITY; CONTINUED OVERSIGHT NEEDED The Center for Food Safety (CFS) applauds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tod

April 6th, 2012

New Scientific Research Strengthens Link Between Pesticides and Colony Collapse Disorder

Center for Food Safety Calls on Congress, EPA to Take Action Three new studies released in the past two weeks, including one today by Harvard University, add to the growing body of evidence that impli

April 3rd, 2012

Canadian Hog Industry Abandons Genetically Engineered Pig

Center for Food Safety Calls on the U.S. FDA to Stop Review of GE “EnviroPig” The Center for Food Safety (CFS) welcomed reports that the University of Guelph, the Canadian university that developed th

April 2nd, 2012

Rep. Pingree Introduces Legislation to Require Labeling of "Pink Slime"

TEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS JOIN LABELING BILL The Center for Food Safety (CFS) applauded a bill introduced by Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) Friday that would require the labeling of lean finely textured be

March 27th, 2012

Record-Breaking One Million Public Comments Demand FDA Label Genetically Engineered Foods

Center for Food Safety Legal Petition Spearheads Coalition of Consumers, Public Interest Organizations and Food Companies in Demanding FDA Require Labeling 55 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS JOIN IN SUPPORT OF CE

March 26th, 2012

GE Crops On Southeastern Wildlife Refuges Hit A Snag

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Admits Need for Deeper Environmental Review In an effort to deflect a pending federal lawsuit, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) has told the court that it will suspe

March 15th, 2012

Pressure on Walmart to Rebuff GE Sweet Corn Intensifies

Consumer Allies Collect Nearly Half a Million Petition Signatures and Plan Protests at Stores Across the Country Today the Center for Food Safety, Food & Water Watch, CREDO Action, SumOfUs, Center for

March 12th, 2012

Fifty-Five Members Of Congress Call On FDA To Require Labeling Of Genetically Engineered Foods

Led by Boxer and DeFazio, Bicameral Letter Calls for Reversal of Two Decade-Old Labeling Policy, Supports CFS Legal Petition In Only 6 Months, Already 850,000+ Public Comments To FDA In Support Of Lab

February 8th, 2012

Senator Barbara Boxer (CA) and Representative Peter DeFazio (OR) circulate Congressional letter in support of CFS's legal petition to FDA demanding labeling of GE foods.

In the U.S., we pride ourselves on having choices and making informed decisions. Under current FDA regulations, we don't have that choice when it comes to GE ingredients in the foods we purchase and f

February 7th, 2012

Consumer Groups Petition FDA to Ban GE Salmon as an Unsafe Food Additive

Groups say fish couldn’t pass proper review Today consumer groups Food & Water Watch, Consumers Union, and the Center for Food Safety submitted a formal petition asking the Food and Drug Administratio

January 26th, 2012

Center for Food Safety Calls On EPA Not To Backpedal On Its Agreement To Track U.S. Animal Factories

Much Needed Inventory Would Identify Animal Factories’ Locations and Manure Management Practices, Allowing EPA To Begin Assessing Scope of National Threat To Water and Food Supplies The Center for Foo

January 25th, 2012

Genetically Engineered Crops Will Not Feed The World

The Center for Food Safety Pushes Back Against Gates Foundation "Feed the World" Propaganda The Center for Food Safety (CFS) pushed back today against longtime biotech crop supporter, the Bill and Mel

January 20th, 2012

California Bill to Label GE Fish Fails

AB 88—the California bill which would have required that all genetically engineered (GE) fish sold in California contain clear and prominent labeling—failed in the Assembly Appropriations Committee to

January 17th, 2012

Dow Chemical requests unprecedented USDA approval of GE corn resistant to 2,4-D, a major component of the highly toxic Agent Orange

Dow Chemical is currently requesting an unprecedented USDA approval: a genetically engineered (GE) version of corn that is resistant to 2,4-D, a major component of the highly toxic Agent Orange. Agent

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