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May 22nd, 2014
Mandatory Labeling for Genetically Engineered Salmon Wins Support in Senate Committee
Mandatory Labeling for Genetically Engineered Salmon Wins Support in Senate Committee
Center for Food Safety applauds the passage of a bipartisan amendment offered by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to the FY 2015 Agriculture Appropriations bill that would require the mandatory labeling
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May 21st, 2014
Two Counties in Oregon Ban Planting of GE Crops
Two Counties in Oregon Ban Planting of GE Crops
Coast to Coast Victories for the Food Movement as Political Power Swells Voters in both Josephine County and Jackson County, Oregon overwhelmingly approved ballot measures to prohibit the cultivation
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May 16th, 2014
Media Advisory: First Congressional Briefing on the Next Generation of GE Crops
Media Advisory: First Congressional Briefing on the Next Generation of GE Crops
On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) will host Dr. David Mortensen, renowned Professor of Weed and Applied Plant Ecology, to discuss the impacts that could arise from approval
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May 15th, 2014
Bee Loss Numbers Worse than Reported, Threat to Food Supply Remains
Bee Loss Numbers Worse than Reported, Threat to Food Supply Remains
New survey data does not paint full picture of devastating bee losses Today, the Bee Informed Partnership, with support from the Apiary Inspectors of America and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, re
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May 14th, 2014
Center for Food Safety Report Warns TTIP Could Undermine Critical Food Safety and Environmental Regulations
Center for Food Safety Report Warns TTIP Could Undermine Critical Food Safety and Environmental Regulations
CFS International Programs Director to Brief Congress Center for Food Safety (CFS) today released a report examining the potential food and farming impacts of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment P
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May 13th, 2014
Center for Food Safety Maps CAFOs in Michigan
Center for Food Safety Maps CAFOs in Michigan
New tool shows how animal factories impact local communities Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) released a digital map of animal factories in Michigan, often referred to as Confined Animal Feeding Op
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May 8th, 2014
Victory for the Food Movement in Vermont on GE Food Labeling!
Victory for the Food Movement in Vermont on GE Food Labeling!
Center for Food Safety celebrates years of work as governor signs landmark bill into law Today, Center for Food Safety celebrated an historic achievement in Vermont – passage of the first no strings a
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May 8th, 2014
Chef Tom Colicchio, Advocates Celebrate Vermont Labeling Law
Chef Tom Colicchio, Advocates Celebrate Vermont Labeling Law
 Vermont’s Landmark Action Sets The Stage For Labeling Efforts Across the Country Renowned chef Tom Colicchio joined right-to-know advocates today to celebrate Vermont’s enactment of the first law in
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May 1st, 2014
Citizens' Review Backs Ballot Initiative to Ban GE Crops from Jackson County, Oregon
Citizens' Review Backs Ballot Initiative to Ban GE Crops from Jackson County, Oregon
Center for Food Safety Testifies Before Panel A twenty-person Citizens’ Initiative Review (CIR) has concluded its review of Jackson County’s ballot initiative to ban genetically engineered (GE) crops
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May 1st, 2014
EPA Set to Approve Increased Use of Toxic 2,4-D on Dow's "Agent Orange" Crops
EPA Set to Approve Increased Use of Toxic 2,4-D on Dow's
Time is Running Out to Keep Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of Toxic Herbicide off American Fields and Out of Our Environment The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposal to appro
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April 29th, 2014
Congressional Hearing Ignores Elephant in the Room on Bee Health & Pesticides
Congressional Hearing Ignores Elephant in the Room on Bee Health & Pesticides
Today, a House Agriculture Subcommittee held a hearing on “current research and application of management strategies to control pests and diseases of pollinators,” the first Congressional hearing on p
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April 24th, 2014
New Report Slams USDA for Indefinitely Stalling Animal Welfare Regulations in Organic Poultry Production
New Report Slams USDA for Indefinitely Stalling Animal Welfare Regulations in Organic Poultry Production
Center for Food Safety Counters Economic Assessment Relied Upon by USDA Center for Food Safety’s (CFS) whitepaper, released today, chastises the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for stalling poul
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April 23rd, 2014
Vermont Set to be First State to Enact Statewide GE Food Labeling
Vermont Set to be First State to Enact Statewide GE Food Labeling
Legislature Passes First No Strings Attached Law Today, the Vermont legislature passed the first no strings attached law to require labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods. The House voted 114-
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April 23rd, 2014
California Judiciary Committee Passes Bill to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
California Judiciary Committee Passes Bill to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
Bill continues successful march toward statewide GE labeling On Tuesday, the California Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 1381, a bill to require the labeling of genetically engineered foods (GE) i
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April 22nd, 2014
Center for Food Safety and Animal Legal Defense Fund File Legal Brief In Support of Country of Origin Labeling Laws
Center for Food Safety and Animal Legal Defense Fund File Legal Brief In Support of Country of Origin Labeling Laws
Consumers Have a Right to Know about their Food Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief with the District
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April 17th, 2014
Center for Food Safety Opens Hawai'i Office
Center for Food Safety Opens Hawai'i Office
Center for Food Safety (CFS) announced this week the opening of Hawaiʻi Center for Food Safety (HCFS). CFS also announced Ashley Lukens, Ph.D. as Hawaiʻi program director and Kasho Ho as community o
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