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June 12th, 2012

Environmental Groups Say EPA Moving In The Right Direction On Regulating Factory Farms

Despite Need for Improved Air Pollution Measurement Tools, Draft Methods Will Provide Critical Estimates of Toxic Emissions The Center for Food Safety, Environmental Integrity Project, Center on Race,

May 10th, 2012

National Weed Summit Tackles Epidemic of Herbicide-Resistant "Superweeds"

On May 10th scientists will gather in Washington D.C. to address one of the most significant problems facing American farmers today: the explosive growth in “superweeds” resistant to Monsanto’s flagsh

May 3rd, 2012

Sustained Pressure by Non-Profits Forces Change in FDA Nanotech Policy

FDA Responses to Litigation Show Some Progress, Continued Failings WATCHDOGS PLEDGE CONTINUED PUSH FOR IMPROVEMENT Today several leading non-profits working on nanotechnology oversight—Center for Food

April 26th, 2012

USDA Receives Over 365,000 Public Comments Opposing Approval Of 2,4-D-Resistant, Genetically Engineered Corn

154 Farm, Fisheries, Public Health, Consumer, and Environmental Groups Send Secretary Vilsack Joint-Letter on Potential Threats to Human Health, American Farms – Public Comment Period Ends Friday, Ap

April 25th, 2012

California Cows Unhappy About Mad Cow Disease

Once again mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy [BSE]) has surfaced in the U.S. This week the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed BSE in a California dairy cow. USD

April 11th, 2012

USDA To Decide Imminently On Novel "Agent Orange" Corn

Toxic Herbicide 2,4-D Linked to Cancer, Lower Sperm Counts, and Parkinson’s Disease 2,4-D Drift Causes More Crop Injury than any Other Herbicide, Threatening American Farms Biotech Companies Only Win

April 11th, 2012

FDA Announces Antibiotic Reduction Plan

3 YEAR PHASE-OUT A WIN FOR CONSUMERS, FOOD SAFETY ADVOCATES, AND MEDICAL COMMUNITY; CONTINUED OVERSIGHT NEEDED The Center for Food Safety (CFS) applauds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tod

April 6th, 2012

New Scientific Research Strengthens Link Between Pesticides and Colony Collapse Disorder

Center for Food Safety Calls on Congress, EPA to Take Action Three new studies released in the past two weeks, including one today by Harvard University, add to the growing body of evidence that impli

April 3rd, 2012

Canadian Hog Industry Abandons Genetically Engineered Pig

Center for Food Safety Calls on the U.S. FDA to Stop Review of GE “EnviroPig” The Center for Food Safety (CFS) welcomed reports that the University of Guelph, the Canadian university that developed th

April 2nd, 2012

Rep. Pingree Introduces Legislation to Require Labeling of "Pink Slime"

TEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS JOIN LABELING BILL The Center for Food Safety (CFS) applauded a bill introduced by Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) Friday that would require the labeling of lean finely textured be

March 27th, 2012

Record-Breaking One Million Public Comments Demand FDA Label Genetically Engineered Foods

Center for Food Safety Legal Petition Spearheads Coalition of Consumers, Public Interest Organizations and Food Companies in Demanding FDA Require Labeling 55 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS JOIN IN SUPPORT OF CE

March 26th, 2012

GE Crops On Southeastern Wildlife Refuges Hit A Snag

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Admits Need for Deeper Environmental Review In an effort to deflect a pending federal lawsuit, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) has told the court that it will suspe

March 15th, 2012

Pressure on Walmart to Rebuff GE Sweet Corn Intensifies

Consumer Allies Collect Nearly Half a Million Petition Signatures and Plan Protests at Stores Across the Country Today the Center for Food Safety, Food & Water Watch, CREDO Action, SumOfUs, Center for

March 12th, 2012

Fifty-Five Members Of Congress Call On FDA To Require Labeling Of Genetically Engineered Foods

Led by Boxer and DeFazio, Bicameral Letter Calls for Reversal of Two Decade-Old Labeling Policy, Supports CFS Legal Petition In Only 6 Months, Already 850,000+ Public Comments To FDA In Support Of Lab

February 8th, 2012

Senator Barbara Boxer (CA) and Representative Peter DeFazio (OR) circulate Congressional letter in support of CFS's legal petition to FDA demanding labeling of GE foods.

In the U.S., we pride ourselves on having choices and making informed decisions. Under current FDA regulations, we don't have that choice when it comes to GE ingredients in the foods we purchase and f

February 7th, 2012

Consumer Groups Petition FDA to Ban GE Salmon as an Unsafe Food Additive

Groups say fish couldn’t pass proper review Today consumer groups Food & Water Watch, Consumers Union, and the Center for Food Safety submitted a formal petition asking the Food and Drug Administratio

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