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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

September 21st, 2010

Misguided FDA Opposition to Labeling Could Leave Public Permanently in the Dark About GE Animals

Recent Poll Shows 91% of Americans Oppose GE Animals; CFS calls for clear, mandatory labeling After a two-day public hearing on the approval of the first genetically engineered (GE) animal intended fo

September 20th, 2010

FDA Committee (VMAC) Split on Recommendations about Controversial Genetically Engineered Salmon

FS Calls upon FDA to Recognize VMAC’s Concerns and Reject GE Salmon Approval The Center for Food Safety today commended the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Veterinary Medicine Advisory Comm

September 16th, 2010

Consumer Groups and Public Protest FDA Plan to Approve First Genetically Engineered Food Animal

FDA Appears Poised to Continue with its Biotech Bailout while Consumers are Left in the Dark On Thursday, at a press conference and rally outside of the White House, the Center for Food Safety, Food &

September 15th, 2010

National Organic Coalition Testifies at Senate Hearing on Organic

Celebrating 20 Years and Identifying Opportunities for the Future Today, the National Organic Coalition (NOC) joined Congress in celebrating two decades of nationally-regulated organic food productio

September 13th, 2010

CFS Launches New GE Fish Campaign Website!

The Center for Food Safety today launched a new campaign website, www.ge-fish.org, focused on the pending approval and labeling of genetically engineered salmon, the first GE animal intended for huma

September 9th, 2010

Farmers and Conservationists File Suit Challenging USDA Attempt to Sidestep Court Ban on Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets

Today, the Center for Food Safety, Organic Seed Alliance, High Mowing Organic Seeds, and the Sierra Club, filed a lawsuit in federal district court for the Northern District of California in San Franc

September 3rd, 2010

Public Still In The Dark On Transgenic Salmon

FDA’s Incomplete Data Release is “Too Little, Too Late” — Fails to Uphold President Obama’s Call for Openness and Transparency A broad coalition of consumer and environmental groups, along with commun

September 1st, 2010

Proposed Canadian Organic Aquaculture Standard Opposed by Over 40 North American Organizations

“Organic” Label for Farmed Fish Fails to Meet Consumer Expectations and Environmental Principles Over 40 organizations, including the Center for Food Safety, from across Canada and the U.S. submitted

August 27th, 2010

Coalition Demands FDA Deny Approval Of Controversial Genetically Engineered Fish

FDA Considers Approval of GE Salmon–the First GE Food Animal–Yet Fails to Inform the Public of Environmental and Economic Risks A coalition of 31 consumer, animal welfare and environmental groups, alo

August 27th, 2010

Americans to U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Preserve Life-Saving Medicines; Reduce Antibiotic Use in Food Animal Production

More than 100,000 citizens join scientific experts and public interest organizations in calling on FDA to tighten oversight and curtail misuse and overuse of antibiotics on industrial farms Today a br

August 25th, 2010

Obama Administration Announces Hearings On Approval Of Controversial Genetically Engineered Fish

CFS Announces Major Campaign, Calls Decision to Move Forward with Approval of GE Salmon “Misguided and Dangerous” Salmon Would be First-Ever GE Food Animal The Center for Food Safety today criticize

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