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September 23rd, 2013

Broad Coalition Urges Governor to Withdraw Bill that is Anti-farmers and Consumers

Governor Kitzhaber and legislative leaders urged to remove local food and agriculture pre-emption bill from special session PERS/Tax Package Today, a coalition of small farm, organic industry, food sa

September 20th, 2013

House Republicans Vote to Extend Monsanto Protection Act

Center for Food Safety urges Senate leadership to Remove Rider from House-passed CR Center for Food Safety decries the vote today by House Republicans to extend the “Monsanto Protection Act” in the sh

September 18th, 2013

Agrichemical Companies Outraise Consumers' Groups Nearly 4 to 1 in Fight to Label GMOs

Data from the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission reveal that groups opposed to the labeling of genetically modified food products are outraising pro-consumer rights groups nearly four to on

September 17th, 2013

New USDA Announcement Undermines Organic Standards

Center for Food Safety today criticized the USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) for taking surprising and unilateral steps to undermine organic standards. The Agency announced, without warning and

September 12th, 2013

New GE Contamination Reported in Washington State Alfalfa

September 12, 2013— An export shipment of alfalfa from Washington State was rejected after the shipment tested positive for contamination from genetically engineered (GE), herbicide-resistant alfalfa.

September 11th, 2013

House Ignores Public Outcry, Extends Controversial "Monsanto Protection Act"

Center for Food Safety calls on Senate to exclude dangerous rider in House bill September 11, 2013, Washington, DC—Center for Food Safety has just learned that the controversial corporate earmark k

September 10th, 2013

Monsanto Spends 4.5 Million Dollars to Oppose Washington GE labeling Campaign

Food Movement Puts Industry on the Defensive Chemical and agribusiness powerhouse Monsanto has just invested $4.5 million to defeat the I-522 campaign, a state ballot initiative to require mandatory l

September 5th, 2013

New CFS Report Examines Devastating Impact of Pesticides on Bees and Pollinators

A Comprehensive Primer on Pollinator Health from Leading Experts A new CFS report out today, Pollinators and Pesticides, examines the close link between neonicotinoid pesticides and pollinator populat

August 29th, 2013

New Genetically Engineered (GE) Crop Will Sharply Increase Use of Toxic Pesticide, a "Probable Human Carcinogen"

Biotech Industry Inaugurates New Era of Pesticide-Promoting Agriculture The U.S. Department of Agriculture has quietly approved the first of a new generation of GE crops resistant to more toxic herbic

August 28th, 2013

Coalition Sues Environmental Protection Agency for Abandoning Critical Factory Farm Rule

EPA unlawfully scrapped proposal to collect basic information about Factory Farms necessary to protect nation’s waterways A coalition of community, animal welfare and environmental organizations is fi

August 27th, 2013

Lawsuit Filed to Protect Midwest Wildlife Refuges

Pesticides and Genetically Engineered Crops on Refuge Lands Are Illegal and Damaging to the Environment A federal lawsuit filed today seeks to halt the planting of genetically engineered (GE) crops a

August 16th, 2013

EPA Admits Safety Labels Fail to Protect Pollinators Vital to Food Supply

New Labels For Neonicotinoid Pesticides – New Requirements Still Not Enough Center for Food Safety (CFS) welcomes the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) acknowledgement that current warning labe

August 15th, 2013

Victory for Willamette Valley Farmers and Public as Oregon Governor Signs Moratorium on Canola Production

New Law Protects $50 Million Industry, Halting Canola Production until 2019, As Sought by a CFS Lawsuit Late yesterday, Governor John Kitzhaber (D-OR) signed into law a bill banning commercial product

August 14th, 2013

New tests find bee-killing pesticides in 'bee-friendly' plants from garden centers nationwide

175,000 people demand Lowe’s, Home Depot stop selling “pre-poisoned plants” Many “bee friendly” home garden plants sold at Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) and other leading garden centers ha

August 13th, 2013

Federal Court Again Sides with Center for Food Safety in Food Safety Case

Judge upholds order for FDA to meet deadlines, denies unnecessary extensions Judge Phyllis Hamilton again sided with Center for Food Safety and affirmed her earlier order that the Food and Drug Admini

August 2nd, 2013

Local and National Groups Defend Clean Water Act against Agricultural Pollution

Chicken manure threatens Potomac River in West Virginia case; Groups file legal brief to protect public health and environment A coalition of local and national public interest organizations yesterda

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