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November 18th, 2020

(November 18, 2020; Washington, D.C.) Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) publicly released a list of urgent agricultural, food, public health, and environmental policy recommendations submitted to th

November 17th, 2020

New Survey: COVID-19 Pandemic Has Brought Unprecedented Awareness and Consensus Regarding Factory Farming Risks

NEW YORK—Today the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) released data from a new public opinion survey conducted by Lake Research Partners, showing that the COVID-19

November 5th, 2020

Federal Court Declares Genetically Engineered Salmon Unlawful

Rejects far-reaching FDA claim it lacks duty to protect the environment from genetically engineered animals San Francisco, Calif.—Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Californ

November 2nd, 2020

Coalition Appeals EPA Permit Allowing Industrial Wastewater from Fish Farm in Gulf of Mexico

SARASOTA, FL—On Friday, Center for Food Safety, the Don't Cage Our Ocean Coalition, and allies filed an appeal against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) pollution discharge permit for

October 30th, 2020

Lawsuit Challenges EPA Reapproval of Endocrine-Disrupting Pesticide Atrazine

Washington, D.C.—Public-interest groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today over its decision to reapprove atrazine, an endocrine-disrupting herbicide banned across much of the

October 27th, 2020

EPA Reapproves Dangerous, Drift-prone Dicamba Pesticides Recently Banned by Federal Court for Causing Widespread Economic Harm to Farmers

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today the reapproval of three products containing the drift-prone herbicide dicamba for use on Monsanto's genetically engineered

October 23rd, 2020

Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Wildlife From Dangerous New Fungicide

SAN FRANCISCO—Center for Food Safety and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of a toxic new fungicide without fully add

October 12th, 2020

Public Oral Argument in NGO Groups' Unfair Practices and False Advertising Lawsuit Against Sanderson Farms

(San Francisco, Calif.) Tomorrow, on Tuesday, October 13th, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear arguments in Center for Food Safety and Friends of the Earth's lawsuit ag

October 7th, 2020

Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order to Protect Biodiversity, Coastal Waters, and Working Lands

Today California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order for California to protect "30 by 30," conserving 30 percent of the state's land and coastal waters by 2030. According to Governor Newso

October 5th, 2020

Lawsuit Filed to Protect States' Labeling of Genetically Engineered Seeds

San Francisco, Cal.—Center for Food Safety (CFS) has filed an amended complaint in their ongoing litigation challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) "bioengineered" (more commonly kno

September 23rd, 2020

Lack of Key Considerations in FDA Food Chemical Safety Process Leaves Consumers at Risk of Chronic Diseases

Washington, D.C.—Today, a group of health, environmental, and consumer organizations challenged the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) practice of not accounting for the cumulative health effect o

September 22nd, 2020

Media Advisory: Fate of Puget Sound Commercial Fish Farms to Be Decided at Thursday's Virtual Hearing

SEATTLE, WA— A challenge to permits allowing continued commercial fish farming in Puget Sound will be heard via Zoom on Thursday in King County Superior Court. The complaint, filed in February by Cent

September 21st, 2020

Victory! FDA Announces Major New Food Safety Protections Pursuant to Legal Settlement with Center for Food Safety

Washington, D.C.—Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a proposed rule to establish additional traceability recordkeeping requirements for certain foods that are considered "h

September 18th, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency Releases Interim Decision on Toxic Pesticide Atrazine

Niangua, Missouri—Today, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the final interim decision reauthorizing the use of the toxic pesticide atrazine in majority of

September 16th, 2020

Over 157,000 Consumers Call on Home Depot and Lowe's to End Sales of Cancer-Linked Roundup

WASHINGTON – Ten environmental, consumer, and pollinator protection organizations delivered signatures from 157,196 consumers to Home Depot and Lowe's today urging them to remove Roundup and other gly

September 8th, 2020

New Test Detects Canola Engineered With Gene-Editing Technology

A coalition of civil society groups in Europe has announced the development of a new test for detecting genetically engineered (GE) canola developed with a gene-editing technique, demonstrating that

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