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January 6th, 2011

In Wake Of Pending FDA Approval Of GE Salmon, California Bill Could Restore Americans' Right To Choose In The Marketplace

Bill Would Require Labels on All Genetically Engineered Salmon Dissatisfied with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) current review of the first-ever proposed commercialization of genetica

December 22nd, 2010

Obama to Sign Landmark Food Safety Legislation

Center for Food safety Applauds New Powers for the FDA. Tester-Hagan Amendment a Win for Consumers and Small, Local Food Producers and Processors The Center for Food Safety (CFS) applauds the passage

December 16th, 2010

USDA Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement on Genetically Engineered Alfalfa

AGENCY MAKES NO DECISION ON APPROVAL OF THE ROUNDUP READY CROP CITING HARM TO ORGANIC INDUSTRY AND PROLIFERATION OF SUPERWEEDS CFS URGES AGENCY TO CONTINUE BAN ON POTENTIALLY HARMFUL CROP The U.S. Dep

December 15th, 2010

Help Us Fight Monsanto and Protect Our Food and Farms

This has been an incredible year for the Center for Food Safety, and our work protecting our farms, our food, and our environment from the potential hazards of genetically engineered (GMO) crops. As

December 10th, 2010

USDA Aims to Commercialize Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets, Ignores Documented Environmental Impacts

This week, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) led a coalition of farmers, activists, and consumers in a public comment campaign addressing USDA’s latest plan to commercialize illegal GE Roundup Ready Su

December 1st, 2010

Federal Court Orders First-Ever Destruction of a GMO Crop

Today Federal District Judge Jeffrey S. White issued a preliminary injunction ordering the immediate destruction of hundreds of acres of genetically engineered (GE) sugar beet seedlings planted in Sep

November 30th, 2010

Senate Passes Landmark Food Safety Legislation

CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY APPLAUDS NEW POWER FOR THE FDA Tester-Hagan Amendment Seen as a Win for Small, Local Food Producers and Processors, Consumers The Center for Food Safety (CFS) applauds the passi

November 23rd, 2010

Public Says No To Transgenic Fish, Demands Mandatory Labeling

Nearly 400,000 Citizens Send Letters to FDA Demanding Labeling of GE Fish COMMENTS CITE MATERIAL CHANGES, AS WELL AS CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS, AND ECONOMIC CONCERNS As the comment period on the labeling of

November 19th, 2010

USDA Proposing Interim Planting of Illegal, Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets: Tell USDA To Say No!

In August, a Federal court ruled that USDA’s approval of genetically engineered (GE), “Roundup Ready” sugar beets was unlawful, concluding that USDA had failed to conduct an adequate analysis of the i

November 18th, 2010

Coalition Reveals Immense Opposition To Transgenic Fish, Demands Mandatory Labeling

As Comment Period on Approval and Labeling Winds Down More than 360,000 Send Comments to FDA Demanding Action on GE Fish A coalition of consumer, environmental and animal welfare groups, along with co

November 16th, 2010

CFS Launches Short Video on GE Fish

Check our our new video on GE fish and help support our work. You can also visit our new GE Fish website at www.ge-fish.org to learn more and get involved in the campaign to stop GE fish.

October 27th, 2010

Newly Disclosed Government Documents Conclude GE Salmon Pose A Critical Threat To Marine Environments

EXPERT FISHERIES AGENCIES PROHIBIT GROWING ENGINEERED SALMON IN OPEN-WATER NET PENS UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT FDA Declined to Disclose Evidence During September Hearings on Aquabounty Salmon Ad

September 30th, 2010

Center for Food Safety Testifies at Congressional Oversight Hearing on "Superweeds" Caused by Biotech Crops

Congress Sharply Critical of USDA’s Biotech Crop Oversight Failures, Calls for New Regulations Read testimony given by CFS’s Science Policy Analyst, Bill Freese, at the hearing Today the Domestic Poli

September 30th, 2010

Federal Court Strikes Down Ohio Ban On rBGH-Free Labels On Dairy Products

Relying on evidence of compositional differences between milk from cows treated with rbST/rbGH and milk from untreated cows, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals today struck down an Ohio state ban on l

September 29th, 2010

Federal Court Finds USDA Broke The Law In Allowing Planting Of Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets

Court To Consider Appropriate Remedy For Industry’s Rush To Plant Monsanto’s Herbicide Resistant Crop Late yesterday, Judge Jeffrey White, federal district judge for the Northern District of Californi

September 29th, 2010

Forty Representatives And Senators Call On FDA To Halt GE Salmon Approval

Over Fifty Organizations and Businesses Endorse Congressional Letters; CFS Calls upon FDA to Reject Approval of GE Salmon The Center for Food Safety applauds the 40 Representatives and Senators for r

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