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March 27th, 2008

The Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Food Safety file emergency petitions with the states of Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Texas to ban commercial turtle harvesting in public and private waters, to prevent further population declines of native southern turtle populations, and to protect public health. Turtles collected in these states and sold as food are often contaminated with mercury, PCBs, and pesticides: Georgia

February 11th, 2008

California Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court's Judgement in Farm Raised Salmon Cases. Center for Food Safety Applauds the Decision, which Vindicates Consumers' Right to Know.

January 23rd, 2008

Farmers, Consumer Advocates, Conservationists Challenge Federal Approval of Genetically Engineered Beets

October 30th, 2007

| Mad Cow Disease

Eleven Plaintiffs File Complaint to Stop USDA's Dangerous 'Over 30 month Rule,' Address Mad Cow Risks

July 11th, 2007

| Organic & Beyond

CFS files complaint and legal petition with USDA urging the agency to enforce the integrity of the organic food label by preventing the misleading labeling of imported seafood as 'organic,' despite there being no U.S. organic standards for seafood.

May 3rd, 2007

Amicus Curiae request on case involving consumers' right to know about the use of artificial dyes in farm-raised salmon

May 3rd, 2007

Federal Judge Orders First-Ever Halt to Planting of a Commercialized Genetically-Altered Crop: Judge Breyer Orders Complete Environmental Review of Monsanto's Gene-Altered Alfalfa: Injunction

May 3rd, 2007

Federal Judge Orders First-Ever Halt to Planting of a Commercialized Genetically-Altered Crop: Judge Breyer Orders Complete Environmental Review of Monsanto's Gene-Altered Alfalfa: Summary Judgment

March 12th, 2007

Federal Judge Orders First-Ever Moratorium On Sale Of Genetically Altered Seed. USDA approval of genetically engineered alfalfa is vacated, seed sales halted: Preliminary Injunction

February 14th, 2007

Federal court finds USDA erred in approving genetically engineered alfalfa without full environmental review. Precedent-setting Decision May Block Planting, Sales of Monsanto Alfalfa.

February 6th, 2007

Federal Court Orders for the First Time a Halt to New Field Trials of Genetically Engineered Crops. Far-Reaching Decision Requires More Rigorous Environmental Review For Future Trials. Past Trials on Genetically Engineered Creeping Bentgrass Ruled Illegal.

October 12th, 2006

| Animal Cloning

CFS legal petition to FDA Highlights Unresolved Food Safety, Animal Welfare and Ethical Issues and Calls for a Federal Moratorium on Cloned Food

September 19th, 2006

| Food Irradiation

Letter to FDA clarifying petition to revoke approval of irradiated ground beef

September 14th, 2006

Legal petition calls for banning all LibertyLink rice as plant pests. USDA urged to deny approval of illegal genetically engineered rice found in food supply.

June 7th, 2006

| GE Food Labeling

Lawsuit challenges unscientific FDA policy on gene-altered foods. Politics, not science, informed policy that leaves genetically engineered foods untested and unlabeled.

April 5th, 2006

Complaint filed against the Fish & Wildlife Service for allowing GE crops to be grown in Delaware's Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge.

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