Contamination of the food supply by experimental genetically engineered (GE) crops is deemed “acceptable” under a new policy expected to be released today by the Food and Drug Administration. As the b
At a ceremony to be held at the Hawaiian Studies campus of the University of Hawai’i (UH) this morning, June 20th, from 10-11:30 am, Hawaiian activists and farmers will announce victory in a five-mont
Current field trials of experimental, untested genetically engineered (GE) crops pose unassessed risks to wildlife, yet government regulators have inadequate safeguards to protect the environment from
The Center for Food Safety today filed suit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the agency’s failure to adopt any pre-market safety requirements for genetically engineered (GE) foods, a
A new national poll released today indicates that many U.S. organic milk purchasers, especially women, would stop buying organic milk after learning that some organic dairy companies do not allow sign
A week before the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) gets ready to hold a hearing on the issue, national surveys from The Center for Food Safety and Consumers Union (CU) project a signific
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has for more than ten years illegally entered into Cooperative Farming Agreements with private parties, allowing some 500 acres of the Prime Hook National Wildlife Ref
Shortly after a government report cited problems with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) oversight of genetically engineered (GE) crops, a coalition of farmers, farm groups, consumers, and e
Food irradiation has been marred by decades of problems, ranging from chronic food quality problems to company bankruptcy to weak consumer sales, and has little chance of becoming a mainstream solutio
California’s legislature and state agencies are failing to address risks from genetically engineered (GE) crops and food, according to a report released today by the Center for Food Safety. The Califo
Hawaiian activists and farmers today demanded that the University of Hawaii (UH) give up its patents on three lines of taro whose lineage extends back to Polynesian taro first brought to the Islands c
Over 40 environmental, food safety, farming, responsible investment and other groups sent a letter Friday to the heads of American Public Television (APT) and Sacramento PBS station KVIE requesting th
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has quietly approved controversial proposals by genetic engineering firm Ventria Biosciences to grow rice containing human genes on 270 acres in North Carolina and M
Six agriculture, retail and food safety groups have petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to update organic food labeling rules following a judge’s ruling in the case of Harvey v. Joha
The nation’s first-ever labeling legislation for genetically engineered food is poised to become law in Alaska after being passed unanimously by both the state Senate and House. In a move widely seen
Environmental and food safety groups today demanded in a letter to the heads of three U.S. regulatory agencies that the government remove unapproved genetically engineered corn from the nation’s food