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September 12th, 2022
Center for Food Safety Sues Environmental Protection Agency for Withholding Records Regarding Impacts of Dicamba
View the Complaint
August 18th, 2022
| Pacific Northwest
Comments to the WA State Department of Ecology on Proposed Discharge Permits for CAFOs
Read the comments, as well as letters discussing the implications of the permit, here
July 25th, 2022
Center for Food Safety Sues Army Corps for Withholding Records Regarding Approval of Nationwide Permit 56
View the Complaint
May 20th, 2022
| Organic & Beyond
FDA Response to Citizen Petition Requesting Ortho-Phthalates Be Prohibited
View the CP Response
View the FAP Response
March 10th, 2022
Center for Food Safety Sues Food and Drug Administration for Withholding Records Regarding Environmental Assessment of GE Salmon
View the Complaint
August 13th, 2021
| Pesticides
CFS's Reply Brief in Lawsuit Challenging EPA's Interim Registration of Glyphosate
View the Reply Brief
View the Motion to Complete
July 26th, 2021
CFS and Allies Sue Over Trump Administration Removal of Most GMO Regulation
View the Petition
May 13th, 2021
CFS's Amicus Brief in Support of Missouri Peach Farmer Bill Bader (Appeal of Bader Farms v Monsanto Co and BASF)
View the Amicus Brief
May 11th, 2021
Center for Food Safety Sues Army Corps Over Failure to Release Documents Regarding Approval of Letters of Permission for Industrial Shellfish Operations
View the Complaint
April 30th, 2021
| COVID-19
Center for Food Safety Sues NIH Over Unlawfully Keeping Secret Federal Funding of Research Creating New More Virulent Pandemic Viruses Under FOIA
View the Complaint
January 29th, 2021
Reply Brief in CFS's Lawsuit Challenging the FDA Approval of Genetically Engineered "Heme" Found in the Impossible Burger
View the Brief
December 21st, 2020
| Pesticides
CFS and Allies Challenge EPA's Unlawful October 2020 Re-approval of Dangerous, Drift-Prone Dicamba Pesticide
View the Petition
View Exhibit A
View Exhibit B
View Exhibit C
View Exhibit D
December 14th, 2020
| Pesticides
Notice of Intent to Sue for Violations of the Endangered Species Act Concerning EPA's Authorized Uses of Dicamba on Genetically Engineered Cotton and Soybean
View the NOI
December 1st, 2020
| Meaning of Organic
CFS Lawsuit Challenging USDA's Decision to Allow Hydroponic Operations to be Certified Organic
View the Opposition Brief (Dec 1, 2020)
View the Reply Brief (Dec 1, 2020)
View the Complaint (March 3, 2020)
View the Rulemaking Petition Denial (June 6, 2019)
View the Petition (January 16, 2019)
November 5th, 2020
Court Decision: The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Declares Genetically Engineered Salmon Unlawful
View the Court's Opinion
November 2nd, 2020
CFS and Allies' Appeal Against EPA's Pollution Discharge Permit for Velella Epsilon (Industrial Finfish Aquaculture)
View the Petition
October 30th, 2020
| Pesticides
Lawsuit Challenging EPA's Reapproval of Atrazine, Propazine, and Simazine
View the PDF
October 23rd, 2020
| Pesticides
Petition to EPA to Review the New Fungicide Inpyrfluxam
View the Petition
September 16th, 2020
Summary Judgment Brief in CFS's Litigation Challenging USDA's Decision to Allow Organic Certification of Hydroponics
View the Brief
September 15th, 2020
| Pesticides
Enlist Duo: Rehearing Petition
View the En Banc Petition
August 19th, 2020
CFS Sues FDA/Impossible Foods Over Approval of GE Soy Leghemoglobin As Color Additive (in the Impossible Burger)
View the Opening Brief
August 3rd, 2020
Victory! Appeals Court Affirms Decision to Prohibit Offshore Aquaculture in Gulf of Mexico (No. 19-30006 Gulf Fishermens Association, et al v. National Marine Fisheries Svc, et al "Published Opinion" (2:16-CV-1271))
View the Opinion
July 29th, 2020
CFS and Allies Sue the Trump Administration Over NEPA Rollback
View the Complaint
July 27th, 2020
CFS Sues USDA Over Weak GMO ("Bioengineered Foods") Labeling Law
View the Complaint
June 18th, 2020
| Pesticides
Dicamba: Emergency Motion Reply (Petitioners' Combined Reply in Support of Emergency Motion to Enforce the Court's Vacatur of Dicamba and to Hold EPA in Contempt)
View the Reply
June 12th, 2020
GE Mosquitoes: Notice of Intent to Sue for Violations of the Endangered Species Act Regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's May 1, 2020 Agency Action Approving the Experimental Use Permit (EUP) for the OX5034 Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes Expressing Tetracycline Trans-Activator Variant (tTAV-OX5034) Protein in Florida and Texas
View the NOI
June 11th, 2020
| Pesticides
Dicamba: Petitioners' Emergency Motion to Enforce the Court's Vacatur and to Hold EPA in Contempt
View the Emergency Motion
June 3rd, 2020
| Pesticides
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion on Dicamba
View the Opinion
May 4th, 2020
CFS and Food Chain Workers Alliance Urge OSHA to Protect Meatpackers During COVID-19
View the Petition
May 4th, 2020
GE Salmon: Final Brief on the Merits in the GE Salmon Case
View the Brief I
View the Brief II
April 9th, 2020
| Animal Factories
CFS and Allies Sue Majestic Dairy Over Drinking Water Contamination
View the Complaint
April 6th, 2020
| Animal Factories
CFS and Food and Water Watch Sue USDA Over New Swine Inspection System (NSIS)
View the Complaint (January 2020)
View the Amended Complaint (April 2020)
March 24th, 2020
| Pesticides
CFS's Amicus Brief in Support of Edwin Hardeman (Hardeman v. Monsanto; Roundup Trial)
VIew the Amicus Brief
March 20th, 2020
| Pesticides
CFS and Allies Sue the EPA Over Re-Approval of Glyphosate
View the Petition
March 18th, 2020
| Food Safety
CFS's Lawsuit Challenging FDA's Decision to Approve Genetically Engineered Soy Protein (Soy Leghemoglobin) in the Impossible Burger
View the Petition
March 4th, 2020
| Animal Factories
| Pacific Northwest
CFS and allies NOI to sue View Point Dairy in Yakima, WA
View the NOI
February 12th, 2020
| Animal Factories
CFS and Allies Sue the Farm Service Agency (FSA) Over Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Response Delays and Redactions
View the Complaint
February 11th, 2020
Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Settlement: FDA to Establish Laboratory Accreditation Program by New Deadline Pursuant to a CFS Lawsuit
View the Settlement
February 4th, 2020
GE Salmon: Opening Summary Judgment Brief Re: NEPA and ESA Claims
View the Brief
January 10th, 2020
| Pollinators & Pesticides
GE Crops on Wildlife Refuges – Opposition Brief Challenging DOI's Motion to Dismiss CFS's Lawsuit
View the Opposition Brief
January 5th, 2020
| Animal Factories
CFS and Allies' Notice of Intent to Sue Majestic Farm
View the NOI
December 4th, 2019
| Food Safety
| Animal Factories
CFS Petition Urging the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service to Strengthen the National Residue Program
View the Petition
November 26th, 2019
| Pesticides
CFS' Reply Briefs: Dicamba Litigation (Unlawful EPA Registration of XtendiMax)
View Reply to EPA
View Reply to Monsanto
View Opening Brief
October 29th, 2019
| Food Safety
Center for Food Safety, Groups Sue to Force FDA to Ban Perchlorate in Food Packaging
View the Complaint
October 21st, 2019
| Food Safety
CFS's Letter to the FDA Re: Grocery Stores Selling Adulterated Uncooked Impossible Burgers in Violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
View the Letter
October 16th, 2019
CFS Protects Washington's Iconic Coastlines and Wildlife from Expanding Industrial Shellfish Aquaculture – Court Order Holding NWP 48 Unlawful in the State of WA, Request for Additional Briefing
View the Order
September 26th, 2019
| Pollinator Protection
| Pesticides
CFS and CBD Challenge Trump Administration's Approval of Neonicotinoids and GE Crops on National Wildlife Refuges
View the Complaint
September 4th, 2019
| Food Safety
CFS and Earthjustice's Reply Brief in the GRAS II Litigation
View the Reply Brief
August 19th, 2019
| Food Safety
CFS and CEH's Complaint Against HHS and FDA's FSMA Non-Compliance
View the Complaint
August 20th, 2019
| Pollinator Protection
| Pesticides
CFS and CBD Petition the EPA to Review Sulfoxaflor
View the Petition
July 2nd, 2019
| Pesticides
CFS and Allies Sue the EPA and Monsanto Over Dicamba Reapproval
View the Opening Brief
July 2nd, 2019
CFS Sues Trump Administration for Unlawfully Keeping Secret the Reasons for Gutting the School Lunch Nutrition Program DUPLICATE
View the Complaint
July 1st, 2019
CFS and Allies Sue EPA for Overstepping Its Authority in Exempting Factory Farms from Pollution-Reporting Requirements
View the Complaint
View the Complaint II
June 5th, 2019
CFS and Allies' Notice of Intent to Sue NOAA Over Industrial Ocean Fish Farm Funding
View the Notice of Intent
May 23rd, 2019
CFS and Allies sue the Yakima Valley Dairy for Endangering Public Health
View the Complaint
April 25th, 2019
CFS's Brief Asking the Court to Set Aside FDA's GE Animal Guidance and its GE Salmon Approval
View the Brief
April 22nd, 2019
CFS and Allies File a Lawsuit Challenging Iowa's Second Unconstitutional Ag-Gag Law
View Complaint
February 5th, 2019
CFS and Allies Defend Washington's Decision to Keep Neurotoxins Out of Willapa Bay, Grays Harbor
View the Motion to Intervene
View the Declaration
March 5th, 2019
CFS and Allies' Notice of Intent to Sue Sunnyside Dairy for Endangering Public Health
View the NOI
February 11th, 2019
CFS and Allies' Notice of Intent to Sue Yakima Valley Dairy Factories for Endangering Public Health
View the NOI
View the NOI II
January 8th, 2019
Big Island Dairy Final Settlement
View the Consent Decree
December 4th, 2018
CFS and Allies Challenge Constitutionality of Kansas Ag-Gag Law
View the PDF
October 15th, 2018
| Food Safety
CFS Sues FDA Over Failure to Address Foodborne Illness Outbreaks as Required by FSMA
View the Complaint
August 8th, 2018
| Pesticides
Center for Food Safety and Center for Biological Diversity's Notice of Intent to Sue the DOI and USFWS for Withdrawing the Prohibition on the Use of Neonicotinoid Pesticides and GE Crops on National Wildlife Refuges
View the Notice
July 31st, 2018
CFS Sues Trump Administration Over GE Labeling Delay
View the Complaint
June 13th, 2018
CFS Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawfully Keeping GMO Labeling Documents Secret
View the Complaint
May 29th, 2018
| Pesticides
5/29/18 brief: CFS and farmers' reply brief in lawsuit seeking reversal of EPA's approval of Monsanto's devastating dicamba herbicide
View the Brief
May 2nd, 2018
CFS, Earthjustice and NRDC Sue the FDA Over Cancer-Causing Flavorings in Popular Foods
View the PDF
June 13th, 2018
CFS and Allies Sue the EPA and U.S. Army Corps Over Regulations Weakening the Clean Water Act
View the Complaint
May 29th, 2018
| Pesticides
CFS, Public Interest Groups, Farmers vs. EPA, Monsanto Petitioner Brief
View the Petitioner Brief
March 21st, 2018
CFS Sues Sonny Perdue and the USDA Over Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) Rule Withdrawal
View the PDF
April 11th, 2018
| Pesticides
CFS, Public Interest Groups, Farmers File Lawsuit Seeking Reversal of the EPA's Approval of Dow Chemical's Enlist Duo
View the Opening Brief
February 16th, 2018
Eminent plant scientist Dr. David Mortensen files amicus brief in support of CFS-led lawsuit over Monsanto's dicamba herbicide
View the Brief
February 16th, 2018
Farmer groups file amicus brief in support of CFS-led lawsuit over Monsanto's dicamba herbicide
View the Brief
February 9th, 2018
2/9/18 brief: CFS and farmers' opening brief in lawsuit seeking reversal of EPA's approval of Monsanto's devastating dicamba herbicide
View the Brief
February 14th, 2018
| Water
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Species From Trump Administration's Rollback of Clean Water Protections
View the PDF
October 30th, 2017
| Water
CFS Sues Trump Over Refusal to Disclose Secret California Water Deal Papers
View Complaint
August 28th, 2017
| GE Food Labeling
| GE Foods
Center for Food Safety Sues Trump Administration Over GE Food Labeling
View Complaint
August 10th, 2017
| Aquaculture
CFS Sues Trump Administration to Protect Washington's Coastal Waters
View Complaint
July 10th, 2017
| Pollinators & Pesticides
Center for Food Safety Demands Trump Administration Halt Pesticide Loopholes: CFS Legal filing claims current review process neglects real-world impacts of whole pesticide formulations
View Legal Petition
June 28th, 2017
| Hawai'i Center for Food Safety
| Animal Factories
CFS, Community Groups Sue Idaho-based Big Island Dairy for Polluting Hawaii Waters with Animal Waste
View Complaint
January 23rd, 2017
| GE Foods
| Pesticides
CFS, Public Interest Groups, Farmers File Lawsuit Challenging Monsanto's Toxic Pesticides
View Filing
View Opening Brief
June 13th, 2016
| GE Foods
| Pollinator Protection
| Pesticides
CFS Seeks to defend the interests of Californians in Monsanto corporation's litigation challenging the listing of the chemical glyphosate as a probable carcinogen under California’s Proposition 65
Court order granting Center for Food Safety's motion to to defend the interests of Californians in Monsanto corporations litigation challenging the listing of the chemical glyphosate as a probable carcinogen under California's Proposition 65
Monsanto's lawsuit lawsuit against California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), seeking to reverse OEHHA’s 2015 announcement of its intent to list glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup, under Proposition 65’s List of Chemicals that are “known to the state of California to cause cancer.”
March 31st, 2016
| Food Safety
Lawsuit filed seeking food additive regulation prohibiting the use of perchlorate
CFS and NRDC Sue to Force FDA to Act on Chemical in Food Packaging (March 31, 2016)
Legal petition seeking food additive regulation prohibiting the use of perchlorate (October 15, 2014)
March 30th, 2016
| GE Fish
| GE Foods
| GE Food Labeling
Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice file suit against FDA for approval of GE salmon
View the Complaint
March 10th, 2016
| Pollinator Protection
| About Monarchs and Pesticides
| Pesticides
Center for Food Safety and Center for Biological Diversity Send Letter of Complaint to the United States Department of Interior and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
View the Complaint
March 2nd, 2016
| GE Foods
| Pesticides
CFS moves to defend California from Monsanto Attack on listing Roundup as cancer-causing under Prop 65
View Motion
February 12th, 2016
| Aquaculture
Lawsuit challenging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) new federal regulations permitting industrial aquaculture offshore in U.S. federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico
View Complaint
View Opening Brief (9.25.17)
February 2nd, 2016
| Pollinator Protection
| Pesticides
Citizen Petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Seeking Policies to Protect Water Quality from Contamination by Neonicotinoid Insecticides
View the PDF
January 13th, 2016
| Animal Factories
Coalition challenges North Carolina "Anti-Sunshine" ag-gag law
View the PDF
January 6th, 2016
| Pollinator Protection
| Pesticides
CFS, beekeepers, farmers, public interest groups file lawsuit against EPA over neonicotinoid seed coatings
View the PDF
January 5th, 2016
| Pollinator Protection
CFS and Center for Biological Diversity File Notice of Violations of the Endangered Species Act for Failing to Make a Required Finding on the Petition to Protect the Monarch Butterfly
Notice of Intent to Sue (1/5/15)
December 22nd, 2015
| GE Foods
CFS, Our Family Farms Coalition defend Jackson County law prohibiting cultivation of GE crops
CFS motion to intervene (12/31/14)
Court order upholding law (5/29/15)
Court-approved settlement (12/22/15)
September 30th, 2015
| Food Safety
CFS files brief in appeal of 2010 case challenging Monterey Amendments by California Department of Water Resources.
View the PDF
September 29th, 2015
| Animal Factories
CFS, groups sue to overturn controversial Wyoming data-censorship laws
View the PDF
August 31st, 2015
| GE Food Labeling
CFS, Sierra Club, scientists and farm groups file brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in support of Vermont’s genetically engineered (GE) food labeling law
View the PDF
August 25th, 2015
| GE Foods
CFS sues USDA for Withholding Genetically Engineered Crop Records, in violation of Freedom of Information Act
View the PDF
July 27th, 2015
| Nanotechnology
| Pesticides
CFS and ICTA file lawsuit challenging the EPA decision to conditionally approve the antimicrobial nanosilver pesticide product “NSPW-L30SS” (previously “Nanosilva”)
View Petition
View Court Opinion
May 11th, 2015
| Animal Factories
CFS files lawsuits to stop groundwater pollution from industrial Dairies in Yakima Valley, Washington
View settlement with Defendant George DeRuyter & Son Dairy, Exhibits 1-4 (5/11/15)
View settlement with Defendant Bosma Dairy, Exhibits 1-4 (5/11/15)
View settlement with Defendant Cow Palace, Exhibits 1-5 (5/11/15)
Court denies Cow Palace's move for interlocutory appeal (1/28/15)
View Summary Judgment (1/14/15)
Order denying defendants' motion to dismiss (6/21/13)
View the Complaint (2/14/13)
April 27th, 2015
| GE Food Labeling
Court Denies Motion for Injunction Against Vermont GE Lableing Law
View the Ruling
View CFS and VPIRG's 11/14/14 Amicus Brief in Support of Defendant's Motion to Dismiss and In Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction
View CFS and VPIRG's 12/15/14 Sur-reply in Support of Defendant's Motion to Dismiss
April 20th, 2015
| GE Foods
| Pesticides
Lawsuit filed against Environmental Protection Agency for approval of 2,4-D use on genetically engineered corn and soy crops
View Filing
Opening brief on the merits (10/23/15)
Motion to expand challenge to include 9 additional states
April 14th, 2015
| Organic & Beyond
Groups challenge USDA organic rule change to contaminated compost guidance.
Read Complaint
View ruling against Motion to Dismiss - 9/29/15
View Decision - 6/20/16
April 7th, 2015
| Organic & Beyond
Groups Challenge USDA Organic "Sunset" Rule Change
View Complaint
Joint Statement
March 24th, 2015
| Nanotechnology
CFS and allies file lawsuit over EPA's failure to regulate nano-silver materials as pesticides
View complaint
View EPA response
March 17th, 2015
| Pollinators & Pesticides
| GE Foods
Federal court ruling against use of neonicotinoid insecticides in National Wildlife Refuges in the Midwest region.
View the PDF
January 28th, 2015
| Animal Factories
| Food & Climate
Coalition of environmental, humane and community organizations files two lawsuits against Environmental Protection Agency for failing to address air pollution from factory farms.
View the Complaint
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
November 21st, 2014
| Hawai'i Center for Food Safety
| GE Foods
CFS, Earthjustice, local coalition file to intervene in lawsuit against Maui GE crop moratorium and impact study ordinance
View the PDF
November 6th, 2014
| Food & Climate
CFS joined as an amicus in a legal brief to the United States Supreme Court, urging the country’s highest court to clarify the U.S. government’s obligation to address climate change
View brief
November 6th, 2014
| Animal Factories
Lawsuit filed by Center for Food Safety and Center for Biological Diversity against FDA over ractopamine in pigs
View the PDF
August 26th, 2014
| Pollinators & Pesticides
Center for Food Safety and Center for Biological Diversity file legal petition to protect the Monarch Butterfly under the endangered species act
View the PDF
July 8th, 2014
| Pollinators & Pesticides
CFS, Earthjustice, Pesticide Action Network and Beyond Pesticides challenged California’s illegal practice of approving new agricultural uses for neonicotinoid pesticides.
View the PDF
June 17th, 2014
| Organic & Beyond
CFS and Twenty Other Groups File Administration Procedures Act Petition for Amendment of Rulemaking Concerning National Organic Standards Board Charter
View the PDF
June 11th, 2014
| Animal Factories
CFS files amicus brief in support of State of California, Humane Society and Association of California Egg Farmers in case over ban of battery cage eggs.
View the PDF
April 21st, 2014
| Animal Factories
| Food Safety
CFS and ALDF file Amicus Brief in Support of Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)
View the Brief
April 2nd, 2014
| Food & Climate
CFS challenges the failure of the Council on Environmental Quality on climate change
View the Complaint
View the CEQ Response (August 7, 2014)
View the 2008 Legal Petition
March 24th, 2014
| Pollinators & Pesticides
Lawsuit launched to protect endangered species from dangerous new pesticide, cyantraniliprole
View the PDF
March 18th, 2014
| Animal Factories
CFS and Coalition of Civil Liberties, Animal, Consumer Groups Head to Court Over Controversial Idaho "Ag Gag" Law
View Complaint
March 12th, 2014
| GE Foods
Center for Food Safety files lawsuit under Freedom of Information Act regarding Monsanto's Roundup Ready Alfalfa
View the PDF
February 25th, 2014
| GE Foods
| Pollinators & Pesticides
Center for Food Safety Files Groundbreaking Legal Action to Protect National Wildlife Refuges
View the Executive Summary
View the Full Refuge Petition
February 21st, 2014
| Food Safety
Center for Food Safety Sues FDA Over Food Additives (GRAS)
View the PDF
February 20th, 2014
| Food Safety
Court Sides with CFS in FSMA Lawsuit: FDA Agrees to Firm Deadlines for New Food Safety Rules
View Settlement Agreement
December 17th, 2013
| Animal Factories
CFS amicus brief filed on behalf of CFS, Public Justice, Healthy Food Action, and Food & Water Watch in Utah District Court in support of Animal Legal Defense Fund et al. in their lawsuit challenging Utah's "ag gag" law
View the PDF
December 16th, 2013
| Pollinators & Pesticides
CFS legal brief on behalf of numerous environmental, consumer and sustainable agriculture organizations in support of a lawsuit by the nation's major beekeeping associations against the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the registation of sulfoxaflor
View the PDF
November 5th, 2013
| Food Safety
Ruling in favor of CFS, federal appeals court refuses government request to further delay food safety rules
View the PDF
October 7th, 2013
| Animal Factories
CFS, Public Interest Groups Sue FDA Demanding Records on Controversial Animal Growth Drugs Under Freedom of Information Act
View filing on ractopamine
View filing on zilpaterol
August 28th, 2013
| Animal Factories
Coalition sues Environmental Protection Agency challenging the Agency's withdrawal of a proposed rule that would have allowed EPA to collect basic information, like locations and animal population sizes, from factory farms
View the PDF
August 27th, 2013
| GE Foods
Lawsuit challenging Fish and Wildlife Service's approval of farming contracts and pesticide use permits on five refuges in four Midwestern states (IL, IA, MN and MO) without the environmental analysis required by NEPA and the Refuge Act.
View the PDF
August 13th, 2013
| Food Safety
Order Denying FDA Motion for Reconsideration on FSMA rules
View the PDF
August 2nd, 2013
| Animal Factories
Groups Ask Judge to Uphold Limits on Factory Farm Pollution Under the Clean Water Act
View the PDF
July 31st, 2013
| Animal Factories
CFS Files Appeal in Texas to Require State Enforcement of Basic Sanitation Requirements at Large Egg Producers
View the PDF
May 1st, 2013
| Animal Factories
| Food Safety
CFS files lawsuit to Force FDA to Protect Public Health and Ban Arsenic in Feed for Chicken, Turkey, and Hogs
View the Complaint
CFS amends lawsuit on arsenic in animal feed in light of new findings published by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
View FDA's response
March 31st, 2013
| Pollinators & Pesticides
CFS lawsuit against EPA seeks suspension of the registrations of insecticides that have repeatedly been identified as highly toxic to honey bees, the neonicotinoids clothianidin and thiamethoxam
First Amended Complaint
Appendix A
Appendix B
March 15th, 2013
| Animal Factories
Legal petition to FDA filed by CFS and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy asking FDA to halt antibiotic use in fuel byproduct sold as animal feed
View the PDF
December 20th, 2012
| Animal Factories
| Food Safety
CFS files legal petition with FDA calling for immediate action on the use of ractopamine in US meat production
View the PDF
December 10th, 2012
| Seeds
Center for Food Safety, Save Our Seeds File Supreme Court Brief Testing Monsanto Attack on Farmer for Seed-Saving
View the PDF
December 6th, 2012
| Animal Factories
CFS files motion to intervene in West Virginia factory farm lawsuit
View the PDF
October 31st, 2012
| GE Foods
CFS comments to Oregon Dept. of Agriculture re: rescinding restrictions on canola cultivation in the Willamette Valley
View the PDF
October 11th, 2012
| GE Food Labeling
Legal Petition to FDA to Require Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods
View the PDF
August 29th, 2012
| Food Safety
Center for Food Safety Lawsuit Targets FDA, OMB on Stalled Food Safety Act
View the Complaint (August 29, 2012)
Timeline of foodborne illness outbreaks since enactment of FSMA
View the Decision (April 22, 2013)
April 23rd, 2012
| Nanotechnology
ICTA files amicus brief dealing with Nano-Silver pesticide case
View the PDF
March 21st, 2012
| Pollinators & Pesticides
CFS files emergency legal petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 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
View the Petition
Additional comment and notice on risks of insecticide thiamethoxam
Additional Comment and Request for Reconsideration
February 7th, 2012
| GE Fish
Request to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to classify and evaluate AquaBounty's 'AquAdvantage' genetically engineered (GE) salmon and all of its components as a food additive
View the PDF
December 21st, 2011
| Nanotechnology
Consumer Safety Groups File First Lawsuit on Risks of Nanotechnology
View the PDF
July 25th, 2011
| GE Foods
ConAgra So-Called 'Natural' Label on Wesson Products Contains Genetically Engineered Ingredients
View the PDF
May 26th, 2011
| GE Fish
Environmental Groups Petition Federal Government to Complete Full and Transparent Review of Environmental Impacts Associated with 'Frankenfish'
View the PDF
March 18th, 2011
| GE Foods
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Earthjustice file suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), arguing that the agency's recent unrestricted approval of genetically engineered (GE), 'Roundup Ready' Alfalfa was unlawful.
View the PDF
January 31st, 2011
| GE Foods
Leading organic businesses and trade groups have filed a joint brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of the Center for Food Safety and opposed to Monsanto in the ongoing case regarding planting of Roundup Ready, genetically engineered sugar beets.
View the PDF
November 30th, 2010
| GE Foods
Court Orders Removal of Genetically Engineered Sugar Beet Seed Crop; Finds Government and Monsanto rushed to illegally plant herbicide resistant crop
View the PDF
September 30th, 2010
| rbGH
Federal Court Strikes Down Ohio Ban On rBGH-Free Labels On Dairy Products
View the PDF
September 29th, 2010
| GE Foods
Federal Court Finds USDA Broke The Law In Allowing Planting Of Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets. Court To Consider Appropriate Remedy For Industry's Rush To Plant Monsanto's Herbicide Resistant Crop
View the PDF
August 13th, 2010
| GE Foods
Federal Court Finds in Favor Of CFS, Rescinds USDA Approval of Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets. Order Bans Planting or Sale of Controversial Crop. Court Denies Monsanto Request to Allow Continued Planting.
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June 21st, 2010
| GE Foods
Supreme Court Ruling in Monsanto Case is Victory for Center for Food Safety, Farmers. High Court Delivers Ruling that Leaves Ban on Planting of Roundup Ready Alfalfa in Place in First-Ever Case on a Genetically-Engineered Crop
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April 27th, 2010
| GE Foods
Supreme Court Brief for Monsanto v. Geertson Seed Farms
CFS Brief for Supreme Court case Monsanto v. Geertson Seed Farms
March 1st, 2010
| GE Foods
GE ALFALFA LAWSUIT: Geertson Seed Farms, et al. v. Mike Johanns, et al.
Center for Food Safety Brief
Amicus brief from California, Oregon, and Massachusetts
December 8th, 2009
| Animal Factories
CFS and IATP file legal petition with FDA to suspend new approvals of arsenic-containing additives in animal feed
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May 7th, 2008
| Organic & Beyond
Center for Food Safety and Food and Water Watch Seek Attorneys' General Action to Prevent Deceptive Practice of Labeling Fish as 'Organic'
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May 1st, 2008
| Nanotechnology
Groups Demand EPA Stop Sale of 200+ Potentially Dangerous Nano-Silver Products
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March 27th, 2008
| Aquaculture
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: Oklahoma
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March 27th, 2008
| Aquaculture
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: Florida
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March 27th, 2008
| Aquaculture
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: Texas
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March 27th, 2008
| Aquaculture
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
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February 11th, 2008
| Aquaculture
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.
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January 23rd, 2008
| GE Foods
Farmers, Consumer Advocates, Conservationists Challenge Federal Approval of Genetically Engineered Beets
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October 30th, 2007
| Mad Cow Disease
Eleven Plaintiffs File Complaint to Stop USDA's Dangerous 'Over 30 month Rule,' Address Mad Cow Risks
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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.
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May 3rd, 2007
| Aquaculture
Amicus Curiae request on case involving consumers' right to know about the use of artificial dyes in farm-raised salmon
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May 3rd, 2007
| GE Foods
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
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May 3rd, 2007
| GE Foods
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
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March 12th, 2007
| GE Foods
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
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February 14th, 2007
| GE Foods
Federal court finds USDA erred in approving genetically engineered alfalfa without full environmental review. Precedent-setting Decision May Block Planting, Sales of Monsanto Alfalfa.
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February 6th, 2007
| GE Foods
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.
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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
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September 19th, 2006
| Food Irradiation
Letter to FDA clarifying petition to revoke approval of irradiated ground beef
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September 14th, 2006
| GE Foods
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.
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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.
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April 5th, 2006
| GE Foods
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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May 16th, 2006
| Nanotechnology
The International Center for Technology Assessment (CTA) and a coalition of groups file a formal legal petition with FDA over the regulation of nanotechnology in food.
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April 5th, 2006
| GE Foods
Federal court finds USDA erred in approving genetically engineered alfalfa without full environmental review. Precedent-setting Decision May Block Planting, Sales of Monsanto Alfalfa. Original Complaint.
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February 16th, 2006
| GE Foods
Complaint filed by a coalition of farmers, farm groups, consumers, and environmentalists regarding the USDA's approval of GE alfalfa.
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September 29th, 2005
| Mad Cow Disease
CFS spearheads coalition of consumer groups to join with R-CALF (the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund) to file brief regarding reopening of U.S. /Canadian border in light of mad cow concerns
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June 22nd, 2005
| GE Foods
Complaint filed with USDA regarding GE wheat FOIA
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June 22nd, 2005
| Organic & Beyond
CFS Files Petition with USDA Asking for Clarification on Interpretation of the Organic Rule
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June 1st, 2005
| Mad Cow Disease
CFS joins brief with R-CALF (the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund) to stop USDA's attempt to re-open the Canadian border for beef imports
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May 9th, 2005
| Seeds
Amicus brief filed in support of Mitchell Scruggs, an American farmer sued by Monsanto for alleged patent infringement
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February 25th, 2005
| Sewage Sludge
Federal Judge Cites EPA Erroneous Denial of CFS Sludge Petition.
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January 26th, 2005
| Organic & Beyond
Decision Reached in Favor of CFS Amicus Brief in Lawsuit Against USDA
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October 5th, 2004
| GE Foods
Injunction Filed to Halt Plantings of Genetically Engineered Bentgrass
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August 5th, 2004
| Organic & Beyond
CFS Files Lawsuit Against USDA Over Secrecy of Organic Agriculture Records
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June 14th, 2004
| Organic & Beyond
CFS Submits Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiff in National Organic Standards Lawsuit Against USDA
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May 27th, 2004
| GE Foods
Amicus brief filed with the World Trade Organization (WTO) in defense of the European Union's de facto moratorium on the approval of genetically engineered foods and crops
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February 18th, 2004
| GE Foods
Legal addendum filed in support of genetically engineered wheat petition: Cover Letter
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February 18th, 2004
| GE Foods
Legal addendum filed in support of genetically engineered wheat petition: Addendum
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January 14th, 2004
| Seeds
Amicus brief supporting a Canadian canola grower battling the Monsanto Company in court
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January 14th, 2004
| GE Fish
Lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration for failure to regulate genetically engineered GloFish, the first genetically engineered pet to enter U.S. market
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December 31st, 2003
| Sewage Sludge
EPA Denies CFS Petition to Stop the Land Application of Sewage Sludge
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December 1st, 2003
| Food Irradiation
CFS and Public Citizen's petition to FDA to revoke approval for irradiatied ground beef and ground beef byproducts
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November 25th, 2003
| Food Irradiation
CFS Calls for the Removal of Irradiated Beef from Store Shelves, National School Lunch Program
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October 7th, 2003
| Sewage Sludge
CFS Files Legal Petition to Stop the Land Application of Sewage Sludge
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August 6th, 2003
| GE Foods
Second amended complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief regarding commercialization of genetically engineered bentgrass
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March 11th, 2003
| GE Foods
Petition seeking an environmental impact statement concerning the deregulation of genetically engineered wheat varieties and the listing of genetically engineered wheat varieties as noxious weeds
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March 5th, 2003
| GE Foods
Sixty-day notice of intent to sue for violations of the National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act
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January 8th, 2003
| GE Foods
Complaint to USDA on commercialization of genetically engineered bentgrass
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December 16th, 2002
| GE Foods
Petition on Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical-Producing Plant Varieties
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October 16th, 2002
| Organic & Beyond
CFS Files Legal Action Against USDA on National Organic Standards
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July 18th, 2002
| GE Foods
Petition on Genetically Engineered Bentgrass, including a noxious weed listing petition
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April 15th, 2002
| GE Foods
Petition seeking a criminal investigation into Monsanto Company's and Aventis Cropscience USA's sale of contaminated genetically engineered canola seed
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November 26th, 2001
| GE Insects
Petition to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) on genetically engineered arthropods capable of vectoring human diseases
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September 26th, 2001
| GE Insects
Petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) seeking improvements in the way that genetically engineered arthropods are regulated
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May 9th, 2001
| GE Fish
Petition for Rulemaking Under the Aquaculture Policy Act Seeking a Moratorium on the Raising of Transgenic Fish in Ocean Pens
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May 9th, 2001
| GE Fish
Petition Seeking a Moratorium on the Issuance of Permits for the Raising of Transgenic Fish in the Aquatic Environment
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May 9th, 2001
| GE Fish
Petition Seeking a Moratorium on the Domestic Marketing and Importation of Transgenic Fish
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May 9th, 2001
| GE Fish
Petition Seeking a Moratorium on Allowing Transgenic Fish in the Environment
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March 1st, 2000
| GE Food Labeling
Petition seeking the establishment of mandatory pre-market safety testing, pre-market environmental review and labeling for all genetically engineered foods
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September 7th, 1999
| Mad Cow Disease
Letter from Commissioner Jane Henney, Food and Drug Administration
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July 20th, 1999
| Mad Cow Disease
Letter from Jeffrey P. Koplan, Center for Disease Control
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July 12th, 1999
| GE Foods
Plaintiffs' reply to defendants' opposition to plaintiffs' cross-motion for summary judgment on all counts
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June 25th, 1999
| GE Foods
Plaintiffs' memorandum in opposition to defendants' motion to dismiss or, alternatively, for summary judgment
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June 1st, 1999
| GE Foods
Plaintiffs' memorandum in support of its cross motion for summary judgement on all counts
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March 23rd, 1999
| GE Foods
Second amended complaint to Environmental Protection Agency for injunctive and declaratory relief
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January 6th, 1999
| Mad Cow Disease
Petition seeking immediate action by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Center for Disease Control (CDC) to combat the spread of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) in the United States
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January 6th, 1999
| Mad Cow Disease
Petition seeking immediate action by the Food and Drug Administration to combat the spread of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) in the United States
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September 14th, 1998
| GE Foods
Second amended complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief
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September 27th, 1997
| GE Foods
First amended complaint to Environmental Protection Agency concerning the registration and use of genetically engineered plants expressing Bt endotoxins
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