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Record-Breaking One Million Public Comments Demand FDA Label Genetically Engineered Foods
(March 27, 2012) Center for Food Safety Legal Petition Spearheads Coalition of Consumers, Public Interest Organizations and Food Companies in Demanding FDA Require Labeling 55 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS JOIN IN SUPPORT OF CENTER’S LEGAL PETITION Today, the Center for Food Safety (CFS or the Center) applauded the submission of a record-breaking one million public comments to the Food [...]
GE Crops On Southeastern Wildlife Refuges Hit A Snag
(March 26, 2012) U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Admits Need for Deeper Environmental Review In an effort to deflect a pending federal lawsuit, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) has told the court that it will suspend planting genetically engineered (GE) crops in all national wildlife refuges located in the Southeast. The government tacitly conceded the merits [...]
Beekeepers & Environmental Groups to EPA: Pesticide Approval is “Irresponsible” & “Damaging.” Over 1 million urge EPA to suspend use of pesticide harmful to bees, fix broken regulatory system
(March 21, 2012) Today, commercial beekeepers and environmental organizations filed an urgent legal petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to suspend further use of a pesticide the agency knows poses harm to honey bees, and adopt safeguards to ensure similar future pesticides aren’t approved by the agency. The legal petition is supported by over one million [...]
Pressure on Walmart to Rebuff GE Sweet Corn Intensifies
(March 15, 2012) Consumer Allies Collect Nearly Half a Million Petition Signatures and Plan Protests at Stores Across the Country Today the Center for Food Safety, Food & Water Watch, CREDO Action, SumOfUs, Center for Environmental Health, and Corporate Accountability International announced they have collected 463,681 petition signatures to date asking Walmart to refuse to stock Monsanto’s genetically [...]
Food Safety Update: Pink Slime–A Symptom of Industrialized Meat
(March 14, 2012)
Fifty-Five Members Of Congress Call On FDA To Require Labeling Of Genetically Engineered Foods
(March 12, 2012) Led by Boxer and DeFazio, Bicameral Letter Calls for Reversal of Two Decade-Old Labeling Policy, Supports CFS Legal Petition In Only 6 Months, Already 850,000+ Public Comments To FDA In Support Of Labeling This morning a bicameral letter signed by 55 Members of Congress was sent to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret [...]
Food Safety Update: A Budget Cut Only the Produce Industry Could Love
(February 22, 2012)
Rep. Pingree Introduces Legislation to Require Labeling of “Pink Slime”