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Center for Food Safety Intends to Sue WA Shellfish Hatchery Over Alleged Water Pollution

Center for Food Safety (CFS) today announced its intent to sue two companies—Dulcich, Incorporated and Pacific ...
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In Decisive Ruling, Court Finds Government Failed to Protect More Than 1,500 Endangered Species From Toxic Pesticide Malathion

WASHINGTON, — Today, In a major victory for endangered species, a federal court ruled today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
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Victory! Federal Court Strikes Down Lax GMO Rules, Halts GE Crop Introductions Without USDA Oversight

Court Ruling Holds 2020 Regulations Exempting Most GE Crops from Oversight Contradicted the Agency's Own Prior Conclusions and Are Unsupported by Science. SAN FRANCISCO—In a precedential victory for ...
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FDA Allows Hormone-Disrupting Phthalates in Food Packaging

WASHINGTON.D.C.— The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today denied petitions submitted by health and environmental advocates in 2016 to ban phthalates from food packaging and food production ...
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Petition Urges FDA to Reconsider Decision Not to Ban Controversial Drug Ractopamine

RT @protesterrabbit: Always buy seeds or use your own from previous year. I get mine from Mother Nature of Powell River, B.C. ! https://t.c… The legal battle around #chlorpyrifos continues. The 9th ...
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Federal Court Halts Spraying of Monsanto's Dicamba Pesticide Across Millions of Acres of Cotton, Soybeans

Tucson, Ariz. – In a sweeping victory for family farmers and dozens of endangered plants and animals, a federal court today revoked approval of the notoriously volatile, weed-killing pesticide dicamba ...
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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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Federal Court Rejects Glyphosate Registration Decision Because EPA Ignored Cancer Risks, Endangered Species Risks

SAN FRANCISCO—Today, in a historic victory for farmworkers and the environment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with Center for Food Safety (CFS) and its represented farmworker ...
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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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Victory! Federal Court Strikes Down Lax GMO Rules, Halts GE Crop Introductions Without USDA Oversight

SAN FRANCISCO—In a precedential victory for food and environmental safety, a federal district court ruled today that genetically engineered (GE) organisms must be regulated. The Court's ruling ...
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Victory! Center for Food Safety Secures Win for the Public's Right to Know in GMO Labeling Lawsuit

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 ...
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USDA Approves Genetically Engineered Apple Despite Health Concerns

February 13, 2015 (Washington, DC)—Center for Food Safety today expressed deep concern over the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to approve a first-of-its-kind genetically engineered ...