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November 15th, 2013

Center for Food Safety Urges New Jersey Lawmakers to Protect Pigs from Extreme Confinement

Policy Director Elizabeth Kucinich to meet with legislators and press on Monday, day of the vote On Monday, legislators in New Jersey will hold a vote to overturn a controversial veto by Governor Chri

November 14th, 2013

Agribusiness Spends $22 Million, $25 per Vote, to Keep Consumers in the Dark

Center for Food Safety Vows to Keep Fighting for GE LabelingThis week, I-522, a ballot initiative to label foods produced with genetic engineering (GE), was narrowly defeated in Washington State. Chem

November 14th, 2013

Center for Food Safety Vows to Defend Kaua'i Law Protecting Residents from Pesticide Exposure

Today the Kaua’i County Council postponed a vote to overturn a mayoral veto of a law to protect the public from pesticide exposure. The Council is expected to vote on the veto override on Saturday aft

November 13th, 2013

Center for Food Safety Urges Strong Protections from Arsenic in Food Supply

CFS calls for “Cumulative Exposure” regulatory strategy for apple juice and other staple foods Late yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) strongly urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to lim

November 5th, 2013

New Report Highlights Potential Hazards of Genetically Engineered Trees Currently Under USDA Review

Center for Food Safety Challenges “Greenwashing” in a Landmark Review of Genetically Engineered (GE) Trees As the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) considers whether to approve the first genetical

November 5th, 2013

Federal Appeals Court Refuses Government Request to Further Delay Food Safety Rules

Rule Will Help Prevent a Terrorist Attack on Our Food Supply Late yesterday the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) motion to delay issuing a draft rule required

November 4th, 2013

Center for Food Safety to FDA: GE is Not Natural

CFS Asks FDA to Reject Court Request to Define “Natural” Center for Food Safety (CFS) today wrote to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking the agency to decline a District Court request t

October 31st, 2013

CFS's Cool Foods Campaign Wins Judges' Choice Award in Round One of MIT Competition, Competing for $10,000 Grand Prize

“Food Solutions to Climate Problems? There’s an App for that!” Center for Food Safety’s “Cool Foods” Campaign has received the Judges Choice Award for “Reducing consumption” in the 2012-2013 MIT Clim

October 31st, 2013

Center for Food Safety Farm Bill Priorities Sent to Conferees

Farm Bill Must Support Organic Farmers and Pollinators, Safeguard Public Health and Environment On the heels of yesterday’s first public meeting of the 2013 farm bill conference committee, today Cente

October 23rd, 2013

Agriculture and Beekeeping Groups Demand Pollinator Protection in Farm Bill

Center for Food Safety and 57 allies send letter to farm bill conferees calling for inclusion of pollinator protection provision Center for Food Safety, along with a diverse coalition of beekeeping, a

October 17th, 2013

Hundreds of Thousands Reject World Food Prize Sham

Public outraged as chemical companies Monsanto and Syngenta awarded the now tarnished prize Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS), Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), SumOfUs.org, and Iowa C

October 16th, 2013

Victory! Kaua'i Protects People Over Pesticide Industry

Landmark Your Right to Know Pesticide and GE Ordinance passes in spite of intense industry lobbying, demonstrates strength of the food movement Today the Kaua‘i County Council passed a new law that wo

October 10th, 2013

Food Poisoning Scare Puts House Strategy at Odds with Public Health

Center for Food Safety sends letter to House leadership urging full funding of government to protect Americans Today, spurred by the recent multi-state outbreak of Salmonella, Center for Food Safety s

October 7th, 2013

Public Interest Groups Sue FDA Demanding Records on Controversial Animal Growth Drugs Under Freedom of Information Act

Challenges to Industry Use of Ractopamine and Zilpaterol in Light of Animal Welfare, Food Safety Concerns Today, the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) and Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a lawsuit i

October 7th, 2013

Piecemeal Funding of Food Safety Programs is Wrong Approach

Center for Food Safety Statement on H.J. Res. 77. It is the position of Center for Food Safety that the only way to ensure that our food system is adequately safe and secure is for Congress to pass a

October 3rd, 2013

Local Food and Agriculture Rights Stifled by Oregon Dirty Politics

Center for Food Safety Examining Legal Challenge to Oregon State Budget Bill Center for Food Safety (CFS) is examining legal options to restore the rights of local governments after an amendment to pr

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