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April 7th, 2008

CONSUMER-ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION URGES OHIO GOVERNOR STRICKLAND TO MODIFY PROPOSED RULE ON MILK LABELS; CURRENT VERSION STILL RESTRICTS FREE SPEECH AND CONSUMERS' RIGHT-TO-KNOW

A coalition of consumer and environmental groups today wrote to Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, urging him to reconsider the proposed Ohio rule that would restrict labels on milk from cows not treated w

March 19th, 2008

D.C. Circuit Court says "No" to Scotts and Monsanto on Biotech Grasses

The Center for Food Safety announced today that a Federal Court of Appeals has tossed out the appeal of Scotts Grass Company, ending a long-running dispute over the United States Department of Agricu

March 17th, 2008

FDA's Internal Report Reveals That Consumers Don't Want Food From Clones - Cite Concerns About Health

A report commissioned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shows that the public does not want food from cloned animals, nor would they feed milk or meat from cloned animals to their children, it

February 25th, 2008

90 CONSUMER, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND DAIRIES URGE UTAH TO NOT BAN MILK HORMONE LABELING; RECENT SIMILAR ATTEMPTS TO BAN RBGH-FREE LABELS IN OTHER STATES HAVE FAILED

Today, ninety dairy farmers, consumer, farm and agricultural, public health, animal protection and environmental organizations, food processors and retailers wrote to the Utah Department of Agricultu

February 25th, 2008

93 CONSUMER, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND DAIRIES URGE KANSAS TO NOT BAN MILK HORMONE LABELING; RECENT SIMILAR ATTEMPTS TO BAN RBGH-FREE LABELS IN OTHER STATES HAVE FAILED

Today, ninety-three dairy farmers; consumer, farm and agricultural groups; public health, animal protection and environmental organizations; food processors, and retailers wrote to the Kansas Senate A

February 22nd, 2008

FEDS ANNOUNCE RECALL OF UNAPPROVED GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CORN, 'EVENT 32' BY DOW AGROSCIENCES

This afternoon, the Center for Food Safety voiced grave concern regarding news of yet another contamination episode involving an unapproved, genetically engineered (GE) crop. Known as ‘Event 32,’ the

February 13th, 2008

GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) CROPS INCREASE PESTICIDE USE AND FAIL TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY, REVEALS NEW REPORT

Genetically modified (GM) crops have led to a large increase in pesticide use and have failed to increase yield or tackle world hunger and poverty, a new report by Friends of the Earth and Center for

February 12th, 2008

CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT REVERSES LOWER COURT'S JUDGMENT IN FARM RAISED SALMON CASES

The Supreme Court of the State of California yesterday issued a decision in the Farm Raised Salmon Cases (under the umbrella listing S147171), overturning a California Court of Appeal ruling. Califor

January 28th, 2008

FARM GROUPS, CONSUMER GROUPS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, AND DAIRIES URGE INDIANA HOUSE NOT TO BAN LABELING ON MILK

Only days before the Indiana House of Representatives may vote to make it illegal for dairies to label their milk as "produced without artificial growth hormones," a coalition of more than seventy-fiv

January 24th, 2008

IN WAKE OF FDA CLONING DECISION, CALIFORNIA BILL COULD RESTORE AMERICANS' RIGHT TO CHOOSE IN THE MARKETPLACE

Dissatisfied with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) controversial announcement that milk and meat from cloned animals are safe for sale to the public, today California State Senator Carol Mig

January 23rd, 2008

FARMERS, CONSUMER ADVOCATES, CONSERVATIONISTS CHALLENGE FEDERAL APPROVAL OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED BEETS

Today, farmers, food safety advocates, and conservation groups filed suit in federal court challenging the deregulation of herbicide-tolerant “Roundup Ready” sugar beets by the Animal and Plant Health

January 17th, 2008

EUROPEAN UNION GROUP ISSUES OPINION CALLING CLONING FOR FOODS ETHICALLY UNJUSTIFIED

Today, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) praised an opinion issued yesterday by the European Union’s Group on Ethics of science and new technologies (EGE). The EGE, commenting on the practice of cloni

January 15th, 2008

FDA Opens "Pandora's Box" by Approving Food from Clones for Sale

Today, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) condemned the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) irresponsible determination that milk and meat from cloned animals are safe for sale to the public. In addit

December 18th, 2007

MORE THAN 70 CONSUMER GROUPS, DAIRIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS URGE OHIO GOVERNOR STRICKLAND NOT TO IMPLEMENT BAN ON MILK HORMONE LABELING

More than 70 dairy farmers, food processors and retailers, and consumer, farm and agricultural, public health, animal protection and environmental organizations, today wrote to Ohio Governor Ted Stric

December 18th, 2007

Consumers May Receive Unwelcome Gift This Holiday Season

his holiday season, people have more to fear than the dreaded fruitcake. Advocacy and watchdog groups are putting consumers on alert. The meat and dairy products they buy may soon come from cloned ani

December 14th, 2007

FDA APPROVAL OF CLONES STALLED BY PASSAGE OF MIKULSKI-SPECTER AMENDMENT IN FARM BILL

A broad coalition of consumer, farmer, and animal welfare organizations today applauded passage of a provision in the Senate’s Farm Bill (H.R. 2419) that would delay the Food and Drug Administration’

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