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Center for Food Safety Responds to USDA's Proposed Rescindment of Organic Pet Food and Mushrooms Rule
Last month, the US Department of Agriculture proposed to rescind a recently finalized rule that clarifies standards for ...
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Mars Finally Removes Titanium Dioxide from Skittles After Decade of CFS Advocacy
This week, after almost a decade of advocacy by Center for Food Safety (CFS) and allies, Mars, Inc. confirmed they have ...
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FDA Releases Final Guidance on Nanotechnology in Food
Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released final guidance to companies that use nanotechnologies in food products. The FDA recommends that companies consult with the agency before ...
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Mars Finally Removes Titanium Dioxide from Skittles After Decade of CFS Advocacy
WASHINGTON, DC—In a decisive moment for ocean protection and environmental law, last week the federal government declined to appeal a court ruling that struck down Nationwide Permit 56 (NWP 56), effec ...
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Victory for Oceans and the Public Good: Federal Government Declines to Appeal Ruling Striking Down Offshore Fish Farming
In a decisive moment for ocean protection and environmental law, last week the federal government declined to appeal a ...
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Lawsuit Challenging FDA Approval of Novel Genetically Engineered Color Additive That Makes Impossible Burger "Bleed" Moves Forward
(Washington, D.C.) -- Yesterday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a legal brief in its challenge to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) 2019 approval of soy leghemoglobin ("heme"), a color ...
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Legal Appeal Challenges Hidden GMO Foods in Marketplace
SAN FRANCISCO—Late yesterday, Center for Food Safety filed a legal appeal against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in response to its genetically engineered (GMO or GE) labeling rules that do ...
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Court Rules "QR" Codes Alone Unlawful for GMO Food Labeling
San Francisco, Calif.—A U.S. District Court has held that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s decision to allow genetically engineered (GMO) foods to only be labeled with a "QR" code was ...
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Monsanto-Bayer to End U.S. Residential Sales of Toxic Pesticide Glyphosate
"Bayer's decision to end U.S. residential sale of Roundup is a historic victory for public health and the environment. As agricultural, large-scale use of this toxic pesticide continues, our ...
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Conservationists and Farmers Sue Over Trump Administration Removal of Most Genetically Engineered Organism Regulation
SAN FRANCISCO—Today Center for Food Safety (CFS) and allied plaintiffs filed a new federal lawsuit challenging the 2020 decision by the Trump administration's Department of Agriculture's (USDA) to ...
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Farmworkers, Environmental Groups File Legal Action Demanding Roundup Ban
WASHINGTON—A groundbreaking legal action today calls on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to immediately suspend and cancel the dangerous herbicide glyphosate, the main ingredient in ...
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U.S. Tries to Force Potentially Hazardous GM Corn on Mexico
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) today released an analysis supporting Mexico in its bid to maintain restrictions protecting its food supply from potentially hazardous genetically modified (GM) corn.