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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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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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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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Groups Sue EPA Over Failure to Regulate Insecticide-Coated Seeds
SAN FRANCISCO—Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to close a regulatory loophole ...
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Hawai'i Food & Agriculture Policy Update: May 2016
Establish First State-Funded Tax Credit in the U.S. to Support Organic Farming Secure Funding for Pesticide Regulation & Farm-to-School Efforts Defeat Right to Spray Legislation & Protect County Home ...
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EPA Issues Permit For Velella Epsilon Fish Farm Despite Strong Public Opposition
Additional concerns include risks from hurricane damage, microplastic and monofilament pollution, negligent release of ...
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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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Federal Court Declares Genetically Engineered Salmon Unlawful
San Francisco, Calif.—Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) violated core environmental laws in approving the genetically ...
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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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Lawsuit Challenges "Bioengineered" GMO Food Labeling
(San Francisco, Cal.) Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Trump Administration's Department of Agriculture (USDA) challenging USDA's rules on labeling ...
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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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Statement on FDA's First-Ever Approval of Lab Grown Chicken
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently completed its preliminary review of the first lab grown "chicken" to be sold as food. The FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are both ...