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May 14th, 2014
Center for Food Safety Report Warns TTIP Could Undermine Critical Food Safety and Environmental Regulations
Center for Food Safety Report Warns TTIP Could Undermine Critical Food Safety and Environmental Regulations
CFS International Programs Director to Brief Congress Center for Food Safety (CFS) today released a report examining the potential food and farming impacts of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment P
May 13th, 2014
Center for Food Safety Maps CAFOs in Michigan
Center for Food Safety Maps CAFOs in Michigan
New tool shows how animal factories impact local communities Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) released a digital map of animal factories in Michigan, often referred to as Confined Animal Feeding Op
May 8th, 2014
Victory for the Food Movement in Vermont on GE Food Labeling!
Victory for the Food Movement in Vermont on GE Food Labeling!
Center for Food Safety celebrates years of work as governor signs landmark bill into law Today, Center for Food Safety celebrated an historic achievement in Vermont – passage of the first no strings a
May 8th, 2014
Chef Tom Colicchio, Advocates Celebrate Vermont Labeling Law
Chef Tom Colicchio, Advocates Celebrate Vermont Labeling Law
 Vermont’s Landmark Action Sets The Stage For Labeling Efforts Across the Country Renowned chef Tom Colicchio joined right-to-know advocates today to celebrate Vermont’s enactment of the first law in
May 1st, 2014
Citizens' Review Backs Ballot Initiative to Ban GE Crops from Jackson County, Oregon
Citizens' Review Backs Ballot Initiative to Ban GE Crops from Jackson County, Oregon
Center for Food Safety Testifies Before Panel A twenty-person Citizens’ Initiative Review (CIR) has concluded its review of Jackson County’s ballot initiative to ban genetically engineered (GE) crops
May 1st, 2014
EPA Set to Approve Increased Use of Toxic 2,4-D on Dow's "Agent Orange" Crops
EPA Set to Approve Increased Use of Toxic 2,4-D on Dow's
Time is Running Out to Keep Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of Toxic Herbicide off American Fields and Out of Our Environment The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposal to appro
April 29th, 2014
Congressional Hearing Ignores Elephant in the Room on Bee Health & Pesticides
Congressional Hearing Ignores Elephant in the Room on Bee Health & Pesticides
Today, a House Agriculture Subcommittee held a hearing on “current research and application of management strategies to control pests and diseases of pollinators,” the first Congressional hearing on p
April 24th, 2014
New Report Slams USDA for Indefinitely Stalling Animal Welfare Regulations in Organic Poultry Production
New Report Slams USDA for Indefinitely Stalling Animal Welfare Regulations  in Organic Poultry Production
Center for Food Safety Counters Economic Assessment Relied Upon by USDA Center for Food Safety’s (CFS) whitepaper, released today, chastises the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for stalling poul
April 23rd, 2014
Vermont Set to be First State to Enact Statewide GE Food Labeling
Vermont Set to be First State to Enact Statewide GE Food Labeling
Legislature Passes First No Strings Attached Law Today, the Vermont legislature passed the first no strings attached law to require labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods. The House voted 114-
April 23rd, 2014
California Judiciary Committee Passes Bill to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
California Judiciary Committee Passes Bill to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
Bill continues successful march toward statewide GE labeling On Tuesday, the California Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 1381, a bill to require the labeling of genetically engineered foods (GE) i
April 22nd, 2014
Center for Food Safety and Animal Legal Defense Fund File Legal Brief In Support of Country of Origin Labeling Laws
Center for Food Safety and Animal Legal Defense Fund File Legal Brief In Support of Country of Origin Labeling Laws
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 curiae (“friend of the court”) brief with the District
April 17th, 2014
Center for Food Safety Opens Hawai'i Office
Center for Food Safety Opens Hawai'i Office
Center for Food Safety (CFS) announced this week the opening of Hawaiʻi Center for Food Safety (HCFS). CFS also announced Ashley Lukens, Ph.D. as Hawaiʻi program director and Kasho Ho as community o
April 16th, 2014
Vermont Makes Huge Advance for your "Right to Know"
Vermont Makes Huge Advance for your
Senate Approves Center for Food Safety Backed Legislation to Label Genetically Engineered Foods The Vermont Senate today voted 28-2 to approve legislation that would require foods produced using genet
April 15th, 2014
Federal Court Allows Non-Profit Groups to Defend Kaua'i County on Behalf of Taxpayers
Federal Court Allows Non-Profit Groups to Defend Kaua'i County on Behalf of Taxpayers
Multinational Corporations Challenging Pesticide Disclosure Law The U.S. District Court of Hawaii today granted a Motion to Intervene jointly presented by Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice on be
April 11th, 2014
Unlabeled GMO Salmon? Groups Call on FDA to Rein In Industry Claims
Unlabeled GMO Salmon? Groups Call on FDA to Rein In Industry Claims
Food & Water Watch and Center for Food Safety called on FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg today to put an end to erroneous statements by AquaBounty Technologies Vice President, who recently told the p
April 9th, 2014
Industry Hype & Bad Science Undercuts Real Energy/Climate Solutions
Industry Hype & Bad Science Undercuts Real Energy/Climate Solutions
Genetically Engineering Poplars for Paper and Biofuels Condemned Biofuelwatch, Center for Food Safety, Global Justice Ecology Project, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network Washington, DC--Scientists