As a Valentine to Consumers, 73 Companies Pledge Not to Use Sugar from Monsanto’s Roundup Ready Sugar Beets. Non-GM Beet Sugar Registry Goes Live for Valentines Day
Today the Center for Food Safety, a
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Center for Food Safety Calls FDA Action “An Outrage” and Demands Transparency in Regulation of Products from
SDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has given preliminary approval to the first of a new generation of pesticide-promoting, genetically engineered crops designed to survive sprayi
Group Urges Wider Application of Regulation to Ensure Public Right to Know
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) has criticized USDA’s Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) rule for falling short of fully prot
The Center for Food Safety today urged the incoming U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) to refrain from approving the world’s first genetically engineered (GE) crop designed specifically for fuel, not fo
In a lawsuit filed today against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a coalition of groups challenged a last minute Bush Administration rule that exempts factory farms from federal laws requiri
A recent letter sent from the Center for Food Safety (CFS) urged President-Elect Obama to consider its recommendations for the most qualified and committed candidates for Secretary and Undersecretarie
Today, 94 dairy farmers; consumer, farm and agricultural groups; public health, animal protection and environmental organizations; food processors; and retailers wrote to Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebe
The USDA’s National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) is poised to dilute the meaning of the trusted organic label when it meets next week to decide what the label should mean for fish. The NOSB will vot
The Center for Food Safety cited results of an important study[1] released Monday by the Austrian government as cause for great concern over the long-term consumption of genetically engineered crops.
The Center for Food Safety today applauded California voters, who turned out in record numbers in favor of Proposition 2. In a striking victory, the measure passed with a nearly 2/3 majority. Californ
The Center for Food Safety responded today to the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) new proposed regulations for the oversight of growing genetically engineered (GE) crops. It is the Ce
CFS is pleased to announce that California’s first state bill on genetically engineered crops has become law! On Saturday Sept. 27, Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB 541.
Under this law, farmers that
This afternoon, the Center for Food Safety issued a statement in response to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) release of a draft guidance outlining the approval process for genetically enginee