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April 10th, 2020
Frequently Asked Questions: COVID-19 and Food Safety
By Pearl McLeod, Development and Outreach Associate
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At Center for Food Safety, we define food safety very broadly. To make our food system safer and more environmentally sustainable, we do everything from protecting pollinators from toxic pesticides to improving soil health to reduce climate change. We also do work to ensure FDA's food testing protocol is as efficient as it can be in the event of a foodborne illness outbreak…
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March 26th, 2020
3 Ways You Can Eat Safely During the COVID-19 Outbreak
By Joey Lee, Digital Manager
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3 Ways You Can Eat Safely During the COVID-19 Outbreak With so many restaurants, schools, and events closing around the country, small farmers are at risk of losing a large portion of their income. But you can still support the small farms near you, while buying fresh, organic foods for you and your family, even as we practice social distancing in an effort to curb COVID-19…
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October 28th, 2019
5 Myths Impossible Burger is Serving Up
by Joey Lee, Digital Manager and Ryan Talbott, Staff Attorney
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5 Myths Impossible Burger is Serving Up Impossible Foods' Rebuttal to Accusations of Illegal Sales Distorts the Truth BACKGROUND: On September 3, 2019, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed legal objections regarding the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of Impossible Foods' color additive petition for its genetically engineered soy leghemoglobin (also known …
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July 5th, 2019
Protect Your Pup: FDA's New Warning on Dog Food Safety and Canine Heart Disease
by Rebecca Spector, West Coast Director
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Protect Your Pup: FDA's New Warning on Dog Food Safety and Canine Heart Disease The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced a link between some grain-free dog food brands and a serious—and sometimes fatal—form of canine heart disease called dilated cardiomyopathy, or DCM. At Center for Food Safety (CFS), we adore our pets, and we know you do too…
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June 11th, 2019
Taking Foodborne Illness Off the Menu
by George Kimbrell, Legal Director and Ryan Talbott, Staff Attorney
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Taking Foodborne Illness Off the Menu Just before Thanksgiving last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an alert about yet another E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce…
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October 30th, 2018
Midterm Election Analysis
By Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Director, Center for Food Safety
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Midterm Election Analysis - Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Director - Washington, DC - November 14, 2018 While it has been a week since the polls closed, not all of the races have been decided, nor all the votes counted…
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October 30th, 2018
Keeping Your Family's Food Safe, Bite by Bite
By George Kimbrell, legal director and Ryan Talbott, staff attorney for Center for Food Safety
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Keeping Your Family's Food Safe, Bite by Bite Especially these days, it can feel like nobody in government is looking out for the public's welfare , which is supposed to be its main job . And when it comes to food and agriculture's effects on public health and the environment, the story is much the same …
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January 26th, 2018
5 Ways The Wonderful Company Misinforms Consumers about Oil Wastewater Use
by Rebecca Spector, West Coast Director
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The Wonderful Company, maker of Halos mandarins and POM products, continues to give consumers misleading information about their use of oil wastewater to irrigate crops. Last October we reported on the response the company gave to consumer concerns…
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May 22nd, 2017
Generally Recognized as Safe (Because Industry Says So)
By - Cristina Stella, Center for Food Safety Staff Attorney
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Epigallocatechin"‘3-gallate. Gamma"‘amino butyric acid. Theobromine . Nano-scale titanium dioxide . Most consumers expect the foods they purchase and feed their families to be free of chemicals like these—chemicals that they can barely pronounce and the effects of which may be completely unknown and untested…
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April 4th, 2017
Oppose the Unsafe Food Act
By: George Kimbrell, Senior Attorney, Center for Food Safety
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The so-called Regulatory Accountability Act jeopardizes critical food safety rules Food safety rules are the kinds of government regulations that offer vital protections for public health. They are in place to protect the public from the foodborne illness epidemic caused by industrial agriculture, along with other serious issues…
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March 6th, 2017
Does Sonny Perdue Know Peanuts About Food Safety?
By: Jaydee Hanson, Senior Policy Analyst
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Sonny Perdue won't offer much promise for the future of our food system The two largest recalls of contaminated peanuts in U.S. history occurred in Georgia under Sonny Perdue’s watch, and are linked to at least nine deaths. Perdue’s delayed response to the food-borne catastrophes in his home state calls into question his qualifications to oversee the U.S…
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November 16th, 2016
The Food Safety Trade-Off: Why it is So Important a Progressive Victory Stopped the TPP
By: Debbie Barker, International Programs Director
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New Report from CFS shows how trade agreements like TPP serve up an “unsavory dinner” Most discussion about trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, focuses on jobs and economic indicators, but there is little discussion about the impacts on our dinner plate. Although it appears that the U.S…
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October 19th, 2016
Not So Wonderful
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Wonderful Company and Bee Sweet Citrus respond to CFS member emails with misleading information This month, we’ve joined forces with Breast Cancer Action in their “Think Before You Pink” campaign. It’s been two days since we launched our campaign against Bee Sweet Citrus and Wonderful Company and they are already feeling the pressure…
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May 27th, 2016
Remembering Rachel Carson: A Fight Against a New "Silent Spring"
By Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Director and Founder
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On her birthday, it is fitting that all of us take a moment to commemorate the work, spirit and passion of Rachel Carson, who is so aptly called “the mother of the environment movement.” Decades ago in her seminal book, "Silent Spring", Carson was among the first to warn about the acute human health and ecological dangers of the pesticides that were becoming more and more ubiquitou…
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October 6th, 2015
Top 5 Reasons Eaters should be Worried about Obama's New Trade Deal
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Update: The full text of the TPP has just been released. CFS and our allies are examining the text closely and will share our analysis shortly…
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April 16th, 2015
Let's Derail Fast Track Authority
By Debbie Barker, International Programs Director
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Everyone knows that the Obama Administration and Republican leadership in Congress rarely agree on anything, but when it comes to sealing the deal on non-transparent trade agreements they seem to be bosom buddies…
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February 13th, 2015
It's Time to Put Food First
By Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Director, Center for Food Safety
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This piece was originally published on Huffington Post. Last week Dr. Margaret Hamburg announced that she was stepping down after six years as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. As with almost every one of her predecessors over the last half-century, Hamburg did not have an academic or professional background in nutrition, food safety, or any other arena of food-related work…
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September 5th, 2014
Idaho's Ag-Gag Law Under Scrutiny
By Paige M. Tomaselli, Senior Attorney for Center for Food Safety
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Ag-gag laws have become a popular way for animal factories to hide unsafe, inhumane animal treatment practices. The laws criminalize whistle-blowing activities at agricultural facilities, such as factory farms and slaughterhouses, including audio and video recordings of food safety and animal welfare violations. Anyone convicted of this conduct can face up to a year in prison or a $5,000 fine…
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August 1st, 2014
Victory in Defending Country-of-Origin Labeling!
By George Kimbrell, Senior Attorney and Aurora Paulsen, Legal Fellow
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In 2002, the United States passed a new “Country of Origin Labeling” law, known as COOL, requiring retailers like supermarkets to apply origin labels to a variety of foods, including vegetables, fruits, and certain cuts of unprocessed meat. COOL is intended to help U.S. consumers identify the country (or countries)food products were produced in…
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March 3rd, 2014
Protecting Public Health, One Case at a Time
By George Kimbrell and Cristina Stella, CFS Attorneys
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At Center for Food Safety, our mission is to protect the public health and environment from the harmful impacts of the current industrial food system, and instead nurture a sustainable food future…
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December 2nd, 2013
Behind Closed Doors: Who's Taking Meetings with FDA on Food Safety
By Michele Simon, JD, MPH, Policy Consultant with Center for Food Safety
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When President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) into law in January 2011, it was considered a long-fought, but significant and bipartisan victory to update the Food and Drug Administration’s authority and oversight of the food supply…
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August 12th, 2013
How Smart are School Snacks? A Closer Look at New USDA Rules
By Michele Simon, JD, MPH, Policy Consultant with Center for Food Safety
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In April, I submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on behalf of Center for Food Safety regarding proposed nutrition guidelines for “competitive foods” sold in schools. These are foods sold outside the school program and consist mainly of junk food and soda. Our position was that schools should do away with these foods altogether and focus on improved school meals…
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June 11th, 2013
How did a Hepatitis Virus Get into Organic Berries?
By Michele Simon, JD, MPH, Policy Consultant with Center for Food Safety
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Stalled Federal Import Safety Rules Results in More Illness The latest example of how even health-conscious eaters are not immune from foodborne illness outbreaks came last week with a recall of organic frozen berries contaminated with Hepatitis A . The products were sold under the brand name of Townsend Farms at two large chains: Costco stores in the west and Harris Teeter stores…
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May 14th, 2013
Best Public Relations Money Can Buy - A Guide to Food Industry Front Groups
By Michele Simon, JD, MPH, Policy Consultant with Center for Food Safety
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Last month, the International Food Information Council Foundation released the third edition of its report: Food Biotechnology: A Communicator’s Guide to Improving Understanding…
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May 8th, 2013
Putting the Food Safety back in the "Food Safety Modernization Act"
By George Kimbrell, Senior Attorney
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In the last few years, it seems like almost every week there is a new foodborne illness outbreak making headlines. Listeria in imported cheese and cantaloupe . Salmonella in peanut butter , imported papayas , dog food , and mangoes . E. coli in lettuce and spinach . And those are just some of the major outbreaks in the past two years…
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April 8th, 2013
Ridding Schools of Fast Food, Junk Food, and Soda Pushers
By Michele Simon, JD, MPH, Policy Consultant with the Center for Food Safety
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With the passage of the Healthy, Hungry-Free Kids Act of 2010, in addition to improving school meals, Congress required the U.S. Department of Agriculture to update nearly non-existent nutrition standards on so-called competitive foods…
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September 27th, 2012
"Pink Slime" Lawsuit May be Frivolous, But Could Chill Speech
By Michele Simon, JD, MPH, Food Policy Consultant with the Center for Food Safety
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To no one’s surprise, Beef Products Inc. (BPI) – maker of the ground beef product that took on the moniker of “pink slime” – filed a defamation lawsuit earlier this month against ABC News and several individuals…
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August 20th, 2012
Feds Playing Politics with Food Safety is Enough to Make You Sick
By Michele Simon, JD, MPH, Food Policy Consultant with the Center for Food Safety
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Rarely does the mainstream media bother to connect the dots when it comes to our broken food safety system. Consider these two recent headlines: Foodborne Outbreaks Falling Short of U.S…
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August 2nd, 2012
Center for Food Safety Comments at New York City Soda Limits Hearing
By Michele Simon, JD, MPH, Food Policy Consultant with the Center for Food Safety
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Last week I had the pleasure of lending my support, on behalf of the Center for Food Safety, to New York City’s proposal to limit the size of sugary beverages sold at food service outlets. (I wrote previously about why this policy makes sense.) The hearing room at New York’s health department was packed with media outlets and hundreds of folks eager to witness the showdown with Big Soda…
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June 5th, 2012
Your Burger Just Got a Little Safer, Thanks to Uncle Sam
By Michele Simon, JD, MPH, Food Policy Consultant with the Center for Food Safety
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After years of debating, petitioning, rulemaking, and outright stalling, this week the federal government is finally implementing new requirements for testing E. coli in ground beef. Why is this cause for celebration? Because while the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has for years required testing of the deadly 0157:H7 strain of E…
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June 4th, 2012
Mercury Bigger Worry than Radiation in Tuna
By Michele Simon, JD, MPH, Food Policy Consultant with the Center for Food Safety
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Few things get a media frenzy going like the combination of two words: radiation and food. Despite the ubiquitous availability of truly unhealthy foods 24/7, just raise the specter of radioactivity on our plates, and people suddenly get very serious about what they are eating. And the media fans the flames…
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May 10th, 2012
More Empty Recommendations on Junk Food Marketing to Children
By Michele Simon, JD, MPH, Food Policy Consultant with the Center for Food Safety
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Institute of Medicine Gives Big Food Another Deadline – or else! This week, the nation’s top public health experts are gathered at a much-trumpeted obesity conference hosted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called Weight of the Nation …
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April 4th, 2012
BPA is FDA's Latest Gift to Food Industry
By Michele Simon, JD, MPH, Food Policy Consultant with the Center for Food Safety
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In a long-awaited decision, last week the Food and Drug Administration disappointed health advocates once again by allowing Bisphenol A or BPA, a known endocrine disruptor, to remain approved as a chemical additive in food containers such as plastic bottles and metal cans.While the agency says it’s still studying the matter, a number of groups say the science is clear enough…
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March 15th, 2012
Pink Slime: A Symptom of Industrialized Meat
By Michele Simon, JD, MPH, Food Policy Consultant with the Center for Food Safety
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This past week, the media woke up to the shocking reality that our meat supply is in fact industrialized. Long gone are the days of your friendly local butcher grinding meat for your kids’ hamburgers. Taking its place is a corporate behemoth you probably never heard of called Beef Products Inc…
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February 22nd, 2012
A Budget Cut Only the Produce Industry Could Love
By Michele Simon, JD, MPH, Food Policy Consultant with the Center for Food Safety
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You’ve probably never heard of the Microbiological Data Program (MDP) but if you eat fresh produce, you should, because it’s currently on President Obama’s budgetary chopping block. The MDP is a small ($5 million annually) pathogen monitoring program tucked away in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It tests fruits and vegetables for deadly bugs like E. coli, salmonella, and listeria…
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