SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A federal court of appeals decision handed down today overturned a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rule on the disclosure of genetically engineered (GE or GMO) foods. The cas
PORTLAND — Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC) intend to sue a Pacific Bio Products facility over more than three years of ongoing pollution of the Columbia
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—The Center for Food Safety yesterday filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for violating the Endangered Species Act (ESA or "the Act") because the
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced yesterday that the highly controversial and dangerous herbicide atrazine does not pose an extinction risk to a single protected animal o
WASHINGTON — Friday, conservation and community groups appealed a federal court decision upholding a Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that exempts factory farms from their duty to make
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released its Strategy Report—the final product we previewed when a draft was leaked last month. At that time, the Center for F
Washington, DC — Late yesterday, plaintiffs Center for Food Safety (CFS), Pesticide Action and Agroecology Network, and Alianza Nacional de Campesinas (represented by the Center for Food Safety) filed
WASHINGTON, DC — Legislative language moving through Congress, intended to prevent farmers, consumers, and workers from holding pesticide manufacturers accountable for the harm caused by their toxic p
WASHINGTON, DC — Late last week, a leaked draft of the second report from the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission was released. Center for Food Safety (CFS) is extremely disappointed with the
Washington, DC—The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans today to re-approve three formulations of the dangerous, drift-prone pesticide dicamba for use on genetically engineered (GE) c
San Francisco, CA — Today, in a win for organic advocates and stakeholders, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of preserving the essential organic "grower group" c
Portland, OR – Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) filed a lawsuit against Pacific Seafood Aquaculture, LLC, for multiple violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) at thr
In August 2017, a devastating net pen aquaculture collapse at a facility maintained by Cooke Aquaculture in Puget Sound released an estimated 250,000 non-native and viral-infected Atlantic salmon into
Seattle, WA — Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) and its ally, Coalition to Protect Puget Sound Habitat, filed a motion for summary judgment in federal court to set aside Letters of Permission (LOPs)
Last month, the US Department of Agriculture proposed to rescind a recently finalized rule that clarifies standards for organic pet food and mushrooms. Center for Food Safety (CFS) is strongly opposed
This week, after almost a decade of advocacy by Center for Food Safety (CFS) and allies, Mars, Inc. confirmed they have removed titanium dioxide, a potentially carcinogenic food additive, from Skittle
