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June 16th, 2011

U.S. House Of Representatives Passes Amendment To Prohibit Genetically Engineered Salmon Approval

Sixty-Seven Organizations and Businesses Endorse Amendment; CFS Calls upon FDA to Reject Approval of GE Salmon The Center for Food Safety (CFS) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for its decis

June 8th, 2011

FDA temporarily suspends use of some arsenic in animal feeds

Center for Food Safety and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy urge continued action to remove all arsenic from animal feeds permanently The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today a

May 25th, 2011

CA GE Fish Labeling Bill Held

Today, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) was informed by Assemblymember Huffman’s office that they have decided to hold AB 88—the California bill which would require that all genetically engineered (GE

May 20th, 2011

Court of Appeals Dismisses Monsanto's Appeal of Biotech Beets Case, Preserves Victory for Farmers, Environment

Upholds Lower Court’s Rulings Requiring New USDA Approval DecisionAnd Rigorous Review of the Crop’s Impacts Litigation Over USDA’s Interim Approval of Planting Continues Today the U.S. Court of Appeal

May 4th, 2011

California Assembly Health Committee Passes Bill to Require Labels on Genetically Engineered Salmon

In Wake Of Pending FDA Approval Of GE Salmon, California Bill Could Restore Americans’ Right To Choose In The Marketplace Dissatisfied with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) current review

April 27th, 2011

California Assembly Health Committee Considers Bill to Require Labeling of Genetically Engineered Fish

On April 26, 2011, the California Assembly Health Committee considered a bill which would require that all GE salmon sold in California contain clear and prominent labeling. The bill, AB 88, was intr

April 14th, 2011

CFS and Deepak Chopra--Watch Live Today!

April 7th, 2011

Broad Coalition Petitions EPA to Regulate Ammonia Gas Pollution from Factory Farms

21 Groups: Industrial-Scale CAFO Emissions Meet Legal Standard for Listing as Clean Air Act Criteria Pollutant; Evident Public Health Threat Posed by Ammonia Emissions from Mega-farms. More than 20 na

March 26th, 2011

Join the Rally for the Right to Know, Saturday March 26th

The United States may soon be the only country in the world that does not require labeling of genetically engineered food. In Spring 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that labelin

March 18th, 2011

Farmers and Consumer Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Genetically Engineered Alfalfa Approval

“Roundup Ready” Alfalfa Will Increase Pesticide Use and Cause Grave Harm to Environment and Organic Industry USDA Failures Guarantee Transgenic Contamination, Creation of More Superweeds Today, attorn

February 28th, 2011

Center for Food Safety to Host Pig Business Documentary Screening (Washington, D.C.)

WHAT: A special screening of the documentary Pig Business with remarks by Robert Kennedy, Jr., followed by a panel discussion with leading experts on the effects that large factory pig farming operati

February 23rd, 2011

Bi-Partisan Legislation Introduced To Ban Dangerous GE Fish, Require Labeling

Sixty-Four Organizations, Fishing Associations and Retailers Endorse Legislation; Lawmakers Cite Serious Economic, Environmental and Human Health Threats The Center for Food Safety along with 63 other

February 11th, 2011

World's First Genetically Engineered Biofuels Corn Threatens Contamination Of Food-Grade Corn

Impacts on Human Health, Environment, and Farmers Not Fully Assessed DESPITE RISING GLOBAL FOOD PRICES, OBAMA ADMINISTRATIONCONTINUES MISGUIDED BIOFUELS AGENDA The Center for Food Safety criticized an

February 4th, 2011

Farmers And Conservationists Challenge Latest Federal Approval Of Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets

In defiance of earlier court ruling, USDA allows continued growing of controversial, illegally planted crop Today the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued a new decision to

January 31st, 2011

Organic Industry Supports CFS in GE Sugar Beets Appeal

Leading organic businesses and trade groups have filed a joint brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of the Center for Food Safety and opposed to Monsanto in the ongoing

January 29th, 2011

Fighting a Common Enemy on the GMO Battlefield

Yesterday’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that it will once again allow unlimited, nation-wide commercial planting of Monsanto’s genetically-engineered (GE) Roundup Ready a

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