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May 6th, 2015

Food Industry Appeals Court Decision Upholding Vermont GE Labeling Law

May 6, 2015 (Washington, DC)—The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today appealed last week’s federal court decision affirming the constitutionality of Vermont’s genetically engineered food labe

May 4th, 2015

USDA Comments to EPA on Neonicotinoid Benefits Reveal USDAâ€™s Flagrant Pro-Pesticide Bias

May 4, 2015 (Washington, DC)—Center for Food Safety today challenged a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) letter countering the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) October, 2014 findings t

May 1st, 2015

Organic Watchdog Criticizes Continued Use of Synthetic Protein in Organic Chicken Feed

May 1, 2015 (Washington, DC)—Center for Food Safety today renewed its call for the National Organic Program (NOP) to bar synthetic methionine—a manufactured amino acid added to chicken feed—from use i

April 28th, 2015

Leading Animal Welfare and Food Safety Groups Urge Chicken Industry to Reduce Antibiotics Responsibly

ASPCA and Center for Food Safety say better welfare practices must be implemented alongside reduction of antibiotic use for chickens Media Contacts: ASPCA - Natasha Whitling, 646.306.3740 / natasha.w

April 27th, 2015

Hearing in Public Interest Coalition's Constitutional Challenge to Idaho's Controversial â€œAg gagâ€ Law

Advocates Ask Court for Judgment in Suit Against Law That Silences Industry Whistle-Blowers BOISE – On Tuesday, April 28, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho will hear oral arguments fro

April 27th, 2015

Court Declares Vermont's Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Law Constitutional

Ruling Denies Big Food’s Preliminary Injunction Motion April 27, 2015 (Washington, DC)--Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) hailed the just-issued federal court decision from the U.S. District Court f

April 22nd, 2015

Latest Studies Show Alarming New Impacts of Common Insecticide on Bees

April 22, 2015 (Washington, DC)--Two new studies in the journal Nature today highlight additional cause for concern with neonicotinoids. In one study, researchers from Newcastle University found that

April 20th, 2015

Coalition Challenges Expansion of Hazardous Herbicide Containing Agent Orange Ingredient

EPA allows nine additional states to use toxic 2,4-D on GE corn and soy crops CONTACTS:Abigail Seiler, Center for Food Safety, 202-547-9359Paul Achitoff, Earthjustice, 808-599-2436Lori Ann Burd, Cent

April 15th, 2015

CFS and Allies Challenge Organic Loophole for Pesticides in Compost

Second Case Filed in Two Weeks to Safeguard Organic Integrity April 15, 2015 (Portland, Oregon)—Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS), Center for Environmental Health, and Beyond Pesticides filed a

April 9th, 2015

Lowe's Agrees to Phase Out Bee-Toxic Neonicotinoid Insecticides

April 9, 2015 (Washington, DC)—After nearly two years of pressure from the public, Lowe’s Home Improvement has announced it will begin taking steps to protect bees and similarly affected pollinators f

April 8th, 2015

Groups Challenge Major USDA Change to Organic Rule: Customary Public Comment Process Averted to the Chagrin of Petitioners

Washington, DC, April 8, 2015 – Organic stakeholders have filed a lawsuit in federal court, maintaining that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) violated the federal rulemaking process when it c

April 6th, 2015

Center for Food Safety Condemns Monsanto's Monarch Recovery Pledge as Greenwashing

April 6, 2015 (Washington, DC)—Center for Food Safety today sharply criticized Monsanto’s announcement that it is giving $4 million toward monarch population restoration. Two decades of the company’s

April 2nd, 2015

Broad alliance critiques EPA's announcement on bee-harming pesticides, urges agency to go further to protect pollinators

(April 2, 2015) Washington, DC – Earlier today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a moratorium on new bee- and bird- harming neonicotinoid pesticide products and uses. While supp

April 1st, 2015

FDA Withdraws Last Remaining Arsenic-based Animal Drug

After 5 years of legal pressure from Center for Food Safety, meat supply is finally going arsenic-free April 1, 2015 (Washington, DC)—Center for Food Safety today applauded the Food and Drug Administr

April 1st, 2015

Following Successful CFS Lawsuit, EPA Takes Two Nano-products Off the Market

April 1, 2015 (Washington, DC)—Center for Food Safety today commended the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for issuing an order to stop the sale of “BioStorm” and “NanoStrike,” two nano-silver ba

March 31st, 2015

Hawai'i Coalition in Favor of Pesticide Buffer Zone Laws Optimistic in Face of Setbacks

Community members determined to continue fight despite stranglehold of agrochemical companies March 31, 2015 (Honolulu, HI)—As a bill intended to protect residents from harmful pesticides died in the

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