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October 24th, 2012

Judge Halts GE Crops On Southeastern Wildlife Refuges

Separate ruling leaves door open for GE crops on Midwestern refuges A federal court ruled in favor of the public interest groups Public Employees for Social Responsibility (PEER), Center for Food Safe

October 18th, 2012

Groups Poised To Sue Yakima Valley Factory Farms Responsible For Public Health Hazards

Threatened lawsuits come on heels of EPA finding of significant groundwater contamination in residential wells The Center for Food Safety and the Community Association for Restoration of the Environme

October 17th, 2012

California Newspaper Editorial Boards Spread False Claims and Faulty Logic on Proposition 37

By Michele Simon Each election season, proponents and opponents of the various initiatives on the California ballot hope for the state’s major newspaper endorsements. While you can’t expect every pape

October 4th, 2012

Center for Food Safety Releases New Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Laws Map

Latest research shows 61 nations enforce consumer ‘right to know’ laws for GE foods, while U.S. lags behind Center for Food Safety (CFS) has announced the release of its new, interactive Genetically E

September 11th, 2012

Center for Food Safety Calls Dow, SOCC Backroom Deal on Agent Orange Crops a Betrayal of Farmers and the Public Interest

Today, Center for Food Safety issued a response to a joint statement by The Save Our Crop Coalition (SOCC) and Dow Chemical announcing SOCC has dropped its opposition to 2,4-D resistant “Agent Orange”

September 6th, 2012

Environmental, Public Interest Groups Ready for Legal Action Over EPA Approval of Wildlife Endangering Chemicals

Longstanding violation of Endangered Species Act provisions highlights Sixty-Day Notice filing Today, the Center for Food Safety, Beyond Pesticides and the Sierra Club, along with affected citizens fr

August 31st, 2012

Oregon Court of Appeals Grants Stay, Canola Planting in Willamette Valley Halted

Groups and producers pleased with court ruling, damage to local growers temporarily averted The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) failed to provide adeq

August 30th, 2012

Center for Food Safety Lawsuit Targets FDA, OMB on Stalled Food Safety Act

Food Safety and Modernization Act rules unlawfully delayed as risks increase, public health threatened The Center for Food Safety (“The Center”) today filed suit in federal court against the U.S. Food

August 23rd, 2012

USDA-Appointed Committee's Recommendations Fail to Prevent GE Contamination

Proposed AC21 “co-existence” policy would harm conventional growers, endanger U.S. organic industry The Center for Food Safety (“The Center”) issued a position paper today critical of proposals made b

August 16th, 2012

Center for Food Safety Statement on the Oregon State Court of Appeals Decision to Stay Planting of GE Canola in the Willamette Valley

The Center for Food Safety (‘The Center’) is pleased to announce that the legal action filed yesterday at the State of Oregon’s Court of Appeals requesting an immediate stay on illegal planting of gen

August 15th, 2012

Oregon Farmers File Suit to Prevent Destructive Canola Planting in Willamette Valley

Groups and producers take action to halt threat to the state’s vital seed production and organic industry Today, in an effort to stop the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) from an unprecedented e

July 19th, 2012

EPA to Beekeepers: Buzz Off

Agency denies “imminent hazard” exists, fails to take immediate steps to protect bees from pesticides Earlier today the Environmental Protection Agency announced it formally refused to recognize that

July 17th, 2012

Statement by Center for Food Safety at National Press Club Event Challenging House Farm Bill Biotech Riders

The Center for Food Safety (‘The Center’) joined a collection of top public interest groups today at the National Press Club to voice collective concern over the recently passed House Agriculture Comm

July 10th, 2012

House Farm Bill's "Backdoor Biotech Riders" Engineered to Give Industry Unprecedented Control, Curb Regulation

Sweeping pro-chemical industry provisions attack GE crop safeguards and USDA review process, set controversial allowance for transgenic contamination of the nation’s food supply The Center for Food Sa

June 28th, 2012

The Sanders Amendment on GE Labeling Fails in Senate, but What Does it Mean?

Last week the U.S. Senate voted on an amendment supporting the rights of states to enact their own laws requiring the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods. Offered by Senators Bernie Sanders

June 28th, 2012

250,000+ to EPA: Time for Emergency Action on Pesticide to Protect Bees

Beekeepers, Environmental Groups Still on Hold for Agency Response to Legal Petition Citing “Imminent” Harm to Bees A coalition of environmental groups and beekeepers submitted over 250,000 petitions

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