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"they [CFS] have been a real leader- in raising questions about genetically modified food, and the technology behind it, the impact on farmers. Because it's not just about environmental health threats, it's really a political issue..."
-Michael Pollan
Award-winning author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food
Congressional Hearing Ignores Elephant in the Room on Bee Health & Pesticides
April 29th, 2014
Today, a House Agriculture Subcommittee held a hearing on “current research and application of management strategies to control pests and diseas.
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New Report Slams USDA for Indefinitely Stalling Animal Welfare Regulations in Organic Poultry Production
April 24th, 2014
Center for Food Safety Counters Economic Assessment Relied Upon by USDA Center for Food Safety’s (CFS) whitepaper, released today, chastises the.
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Vermont Set to be First State to Enact Statewide GE Food Labeling
April 23rd, 2014
Legislature Passes First No Strings Attached Law Today, the Vermont legislature passed the first no strings attached law to require labeling of genet.
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California Judiciary Committee Passes Bill to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
April 23rd, 2014
Bill continues successful march toward statewide GE labeling On Tuesday, the California Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 1381, a bill to require t.
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Center for Food Safety and Animal Legal Defense Fund File Legal Brief In Support of Country of Origin Labeling Laws
April 22nd, 2014
Consumers Have a Right to Know about their Food Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) filed an amicus curia.
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Center for Food Safety Opens Hawai'i Office
April 17th, 2014
Center for Food Safety (CFS) announced this week the opening of Hawaiʻi Center for Food Safety (HCFS). CFS also announced Ashley Lukens, Ph.D.
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Vermont Makes Huge Advance for your "Right to Know"
April 16th, 2014
Senate Approves Center for Food Safety Backed Legislation to Label Genetically Engineered Foods The Vermont Senate today voted 28-2 to approve legisla.
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Federal Court Allows Non-Profit Groups to Defend Kaua'i County on Behalf of Taxpayers
April 15th, 2014
Multinational Corporations Challenging Pesticide Disclosure Law The U.S.
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Unlabeled GMO Salmon? Groups Call on FDA to Rein In Industry Claims
April 11th, 2014
Food & Water Watch and Center for Food Safety called on FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg today to put an end to erroneous statements by AquaBount.
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Big Food's "DARK Act" Introduced in Congress
April 9th, 2014
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Industry Hype & Bad Science Undercuts Real Energy/Climate Solutions
April 9th, 2014
Genetically Engineering Poplars for Paper and Biofuels Condemned Biofuelwatch, Center for Food Safety, Global Justice Ecology Project, Canadian Biotec.
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Monsanto and Pals Spend Half-Million to Try To Swamp County Ballot Measure that Would Protect Family Farmers from Genetically Engineered Crops
April 7th, 2014
“Big Six” Chemical Companies Drop $455,000 in One Day on Ballot Initiative to Restrict GE Crops in Jackson County, Oregon It was revealed .
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CFS Backed GE Food Labeling Bill Advances in Vermont
April 3rd, 2014
Legislation to require foods produced with genetic engineering be labeled in Vermont, HR 112, passed the Senate Judiciary today 5-0.
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Koch Industries and Monsanto Team up to End Your Right to Know
April 3rd, 2014
Koch-Backed Congressman to Introduce GE Labeling Preemption Bill “An Unholy Alliance between Monsanto and Koch Industries” Apparently it w.
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Obama Administration's Failure to Act on Climate Change Sparks Lawsuit
April 2nd, 2014
Council on Environmental Quality's Inaction is UnlawfulLawsuit Filed Just as Latest Climate Report Shows Crisis Worsening Today, Center for Food Safet.
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EPA Orders Withdrawal of Nanotechnology Food Packaging from Market
March 31st, 2014
  Major step for consumer protection lauded by Center for Food Safety Center for Food Safety (CFS) today commended Environmental Protection Agen.
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