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April 6th, 2020

New Swine Rules So Dangerous They Could Spur Another Zoonotic Pandemic

Washington, D.C.—Newly received data released today shows that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) new rules for swine slaughter plants, or the "New Swine Inspection System (NSIS)," dramatica

March 20th, 2020

Farmworkers and Conservationists Sue EPA for Re-Approving Monsanto Cancer-Causing Pesticide

San Francisco, CA—Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) on behalf of a broad coalition of farmworkers, farmers, and conservationists, filed a federal lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agenc

March 20th, 2020

Trump Administration Proposes Allowing GE Crops on Thousands of Acres of National Wildlife Refuges

Photo credit: Group of sandhill cranes. Photo by Patrick Myers, National Park Service. WASHINGTON, D.C.— The Trump administration has proposed to approve genetically engineered crops on national wil

March 18th, 2020

Center for Food Safety Filed Lawsuit Against FDA Challenging Decision to Approve Genetically Engineered Soy Protein Found in the Impossible Burger

(Washington, D.C.) Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its decision to decline the advocacy group's objections to the agen

March 13th, 2020

Eastern Monarch Butterfly Population Decreases by More than Half

Final Decision For Endangered Species Act Protection Due Later This Year WASHINGTON, D.C. — The yearly count of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico, released today, shows a decrease of 53% f

March 3rd, 2020

Groups Notify Yakima Valley Factory Dairy of Intent to Sue for Endangering Public Health

YAKIMA, WA: Today, Center for Food Safety, Community Association for Restoration of the Environment (CARE), and Friends of Toppenish Creek notified View Point Dairy, owned by Bill DeRuyter, in the Y

March 3rd, 2020

Farmers and Nonprofits Sue Trump's USDA over Organic Soil-less Loophole

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS), along with a coalition of organic farms and stakeholders, filed a lawsuit challenging the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's)

March 2nd, 2020

New Scorecard Shows Hemp CBD Producers are Increasing Transparency and Moving Toward Organic Ingredients and Certification

March 2, 2020 (San Francisco, CA) An updated "Hemp CBD Scorecard" from the national nonprofit watchdog Center for Food Safety (CFS) reveals that nearly all the companies evaluated are becoming more

February 25th, 2020

Senator Brian Kavanagh, Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, and Over 70 Groups Advocate for Passage of Bill That Will Reduce Threat of Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs

Albany, NY — Senator Brian Kavanagh and Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal joined NYPIRG, Consumer Reports, Center for Food Safety, and over 70 national and state environmental, health, and consumer organ

February 12th, 2020

Groups Sue Farm Service Agency for Concealing Records on Funding of Industrial Animal Ag

Washington D.C.—Today, a group of advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit against the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to stop its systematic delay and over-redaction of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) re

February 11th, 2020

Center for Food Safety Lawsuit Requires FDA to Establish Laboratory Accreditation Program by New Deadline

Center for Food Safety Lawsuit Requires FDA to Establish Laboratory Accreditation Program by New Deadline Program intended to help FDA rapidly detect and respond to foodborne illness outbreaks Washing

February 11th, 2020

Salmon Advocates Challenge Approval of Washington Net Pen Aquaculture

Photo: Steve Ringman, Seattle Times February 11, 2020 — Conservation and environmental groups filed a lawsuit today challenging a January decision by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (

February 11th, 2020

Broad Coalition Releases Letter Demanding 'No' Vote on Weak CAFO Bill in Oregon

Salem, OR—The Stand Up to Factory Farms coalition has submitted written testimony in a letter to the Oregon Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee in opposition to Senate Bill 1513 which

February 6th, 2020

Center for Food Safety's Statement on Corteva's Decision to Terminate the Production of Chlorpyrifos

Photo: Corteva Agriscience Website The agrichemical company Corteva Inc announced today it will be ending the production of chlorpyrifos by the end of the year due to declining sales. Corteva, a pesti

January 30th, 2020

Siding with Monsanto/Bayer, Trump EPA Once Again Greenlights Roundup

Washington, D.C.—The Trump Administration's Environmental Protection Agency today announced an interim decision on its regulatory review of glyphosate, best known as the active ingredient in Monsanto'

January 28th, 2020

Pollinator Petitioners ask Court for Permission to Join Lawsuit to Defend Fish and Game Commission Decision to Protect Four Native Bee Species Under the California Endangered Species Act

SACRAMENTO, CA—Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Defenders of Wildlife and the Center for Food Safety ("Pollinator Petitioners") filed a motion to intervene in litigation over the Califo

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