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CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY SEEKS ATTORNEYS' GENERAL ACTION TO PREVENT DECEPTIVE PRACTICE OF LABELING FISH AS "ORGANIC" COOL FOODS CAMPAIGN AIMS TO TAKE A BITE OUT OF GLOBAL WARMING Sixty-eight public interest groups applaud Senator Boxer's investigation and hearings on toxics in drinking water and sewage sludge poisoning our food CONSUMER-ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION URGES OHIO GOVERNOR STRICKLAND TO MODIFY PROPOSED RULE ON MILK LABELS; CURRENT VERSION STILL RESTRICTS FREE SPEECH AND CONSUMERS' RIGHT-TO-KNOW VENTRIA BIOSCIENCE FACES SERIOUS MARKET AND LEGAL OBSTACLES WITH ITS PHARMACEUTICAL RICE D.C. Circuit Court says "No" to Scotts and Monsanto on Biotech Grasses FDA's Internal Report Reveals That Consumers Don't Want Food From Clones - Cite Concerns About Health 90 CONSUMER, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND DAIRIES URGE UTAH TO NOT BAN MILK HORMONE LABELING; RECENT SIMILAR ATTEMPTS TO BAN RBGH-FREE LABELS IN OTHER STATES HAVE FAILED 93 CONSUMER, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND DAIRIES URGE KANSAS TO NOT BAN MILK HORMONE LABELING; RECENT SIMILAR ATTEMPTS TO BAN RBGH-FREE LABELS IN OTHER STATES HAVE FAILED FEDS ANNOUNCE RECALL OF UNAPPROVED GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CORN, 'EVENT 32' BY DOW AGROSCIENCES GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) CROPS INCREASE PESTICIDE USE AND FAIL TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY, REVEALS NEW REPORT CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT REVERSES LOWER COURT'S JUDGMENT IN FARM RAISED SALMON CASES FARM GROUPS, CONSUMER GROUPS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, AND DAIRIES URGE INDIANA HOUSE NOT TO BAN LABELING ON MILK IN WAKE OF FDA CLONING DECISION, CALIFORNIA BILL COULD RESTORE AMERICANS' RIGHT TO CHOOSE IN THE MARKETPLACE FARMERS, CONSUMER ADVOCATES, CONSERVATIONISTS CHALLENGE FEDERAL APPROVAL OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED BEETS EUROPEAN UNION GROUP ISSUES OPINION CALLING CLONING FOR FOODS ETHICALLY UNJUSTIFIED FDA Opens "Pandora's Box" by Approving Food from Clones for Sale Consumers May Receive Unwelcome Gift This Holiday Season MORE THAN 70 CONSUMER GROUPS, DAIRIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS URGE OHIO GOVERNOR STRICKLAND NOT TO IMPLEMENT BAN ON MILK HORMONE LABELING FDA APPROVAL OF CLONES STALLED BY PASSAGE OF MIKULSKI-SPECTER AMENDMENT IN FARM BILL Sixty-Five Consumer, Environmental Groups and Dairies Urge Pennsylvania Governor Rendell to Rescind Ban on Milk Hormone Labeling CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY AND CONSUMERS UNION CHALLENGE GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER'S VETO OF CLONED FOOD BILL ON FEDERAL PREEMPTION GROUNDS COALITION OF MORE THAN 40 GROUPS SIGN LETTER URGING THAT "USDA ORGANIC" STANDARDS BE UPHELD FOR AQUACULTURE Eleven Plaintiffs File Complaint to Stop USDA's Dangerous "Over 30 month Rule," Address Mad Cow Risks CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY VOICES SUPPORT OF LEGAL ACTION PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF ORGANIC MILK LABELS Genetically Engineered Corn Study Shows Potential Harm To Stream Wildlife Near Farms USDA Report on Biotech Rice Reaffirms Agency's Do-Nothing Approach on Biotech Crop Contaminations California Legislature Passes Country's First-Ever Law Requiring that Cloned Food be Labeled Center for Food Safety Files Complaint with USDA to Enforce Integrity of the Organic Label Citizens, Consumer Groups Oppose Proposed Irradiation Labeling Change Farm Bill Could Hamstring State Food Safety Agencies GROUPS APPLAUD SOUTH ATLANTIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL'S NEW OPEN WATER AQUACULTURE POLICY GROUP CONDEMNS DEPT. OF JUSTICE APPROVAL OF MONSANTO - DELTA AND PINE LAND MERGER CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY OPPOSES PROPOSAL IN FARM BILL TO BAR STATE PROHIBITIONS ON GENE-ALTERED FOODS GROUPS LAUD FLORIDA'S BAN ON NON-NATIVE AND GENETICALLY ALTERED FISH FOR OPEN WATER AQUACULTURE USDA Approval of Drug-Producing Rice in Kansas Poses Threat to Food Safety, Say Food Safety & Farming Groups FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS FIRST-EVER HALT TO PLANTING OF A COMMERCIALIZED GENETICALLY-ALTERED CROP CONSUMERS FLOOD FDA WITH OVER 145,000 COMMENTS OPPOSING FOOD FROM CLONED ANIMALS Fish farming in open ocean waters a hot topic in Florida Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical Rice Is Not the Solution to Diarrhea Sen. Migden Unveils Legislation Requiring Labeling of Cloned Food Products Groups Praise Committee Recommendation to Exclude Farmed Salmon From Organic Standards NEW CFS REPORT SAYS FDA PLAN TO APPROVE SALE OF FOOD FROM ANIMAL CLONES IS BASED ON WISHFUL THINKING, NOT SCIENCE PROPOSED FISH FARMING BILL COULD HURT OCEANS, FISHING COMMUNITIES, AND CONSUMERS Federal Judge Orders First-Ever Moratorium On Sale Of Genetically Altered Seed Contamination Of Rice With Unapproved Genetically Engineered Variety Casts New Doubt On Government Oversight CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY CALLS ON US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO OPPOSE MONSANTO TAKEOVER OF DELTA AND PINE LAND FEDERAL COURT FINDS USDA ERRED IN APPROVING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ALFALFA WITHOUT FULL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW SENATORS INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO KEEP ANIMAL CLONING OUT OF ORGANIC FOOD PROTESTERS URGE FDA TO WITHDRAW PLAN TO APPROVE CLONED FOOD Federal Court Orders for the First Time a Halt to New Field Trials of Genetically Engineered Crops Genetically Modified Crops Still Not Performing Despite Lack of Science and Strong Public Concern, FDA Okays Food From Cloned Animals Groups Support New Standards for Open Water Aquaculture Court Ordered Sale and Slaughter of Cloned Animals Imminent USDA Gives Rubber-Stamp Market Approval to Genetically Engineered Rice Contaminating Food Supply CFS and Pure Salmon Campaign Expose Hidden Costs of Farmed Salmon Groups Tell FDA, Keep Food From Cloned Animals Off Our Dinner Plates USDA Urged to Deny Approval of Illegal Genetically Engineered Rice Found in Food Chain USDA to Rubber-Stamp Contamination of Food with Illegal, Genetically Engineered Rice Banned in Japan and Europe California Senate Preserves Local Rules on Genetically Engineered Crops Unapproved, Genetically Engineered Rice Found in Food Supply Court Rules Federal Government Acted Illegally In Permitting Field Trials Of Genetically Engineered (GE) Crops In Hawaii New FDA Policy Condones Contamination of Food Supply by Experimental GE Crops Hawaiians, Farmers Force UH to Abandon Taro Patents Contamination From Gene-Altered Crop Trials Pose Unappreciated Threats To Wildlife Lawsuit Challenges Unscientific FDA Policy on Gene-Altered Foods New Surveys Project Drop in Organic Milk Market If Federal Agency Fails to Fix Pasture Standards Organic Milk Market Threatened By Lack of Adequate Pasture Requirement Suit to Stop Illegal Agriculture on Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge Lawsuit Calls Genetically Engineered Alfalfa a Risk to Farmers and the Environment Broad Failures Signal Weak Future for Irradiated Foods California Gets Failing Grade in Protecting the Public from Gene Altered Food Risks University of Hawaii Told to Give Up Taro Patents Food, Farm Groups Call For Cancellation of Monsanto-backed Public Television Series on Farming USDA Approves Applications to Grow Rice With Human Genes on 270 Acres in North Carolina, Missouri USDA Asked to Bring Organic Food Regulations Into Compliance with 1990 Law First-Ever U.S. Labeling Law for Genetically Engineered Food Passes in Alaska Recall Urged for Illegal Biotech Corn USDA Tactic to Block Release of Organic Agriculture Records Ruled Illegal Government Forced to Disclose Locations of Test Sites of Biopharmaceutical Crops Court Acts to Preserve Integrity of National Organic Program; Rules USDA Overstepped its Authority California Initiative Finds Winning Formula for Protecting Farmers, The Environment from Engineered Crops Monsanto Assault on U.S. Farmers Detailed in New Report New FDA Guidelines Okay Contamination of Food Supply With Genetically Engineered Crops Still In Field Research Rat Study Reveals Potential Dangers with New Monsanto Corn, EPA Called on to Review Study Is USDA Stacking the Deck in Favor of Genetically Engineered Bentgrass? Immediate Injunction Sought on Field Tests of Genetically Engineered Turf Grass EPA Finds Contamination from Genetically Engineered Turf Grass Miles from Source USDA Sued Over Secrecy of Organic Agriculture Records NAS Says Genetically Engineered Foods Not Proven Safe National Academy of Sciences to Release Report on Unintended Effects of Genetically Engineered Crops Experimental Pharmaceutical Rice May Pose Serious Health and Environmental Hazards Bush EPA Again Bows to Industry Bush Administration Given Grade of "D" at Six-Month Anniversary of Mad Cow Finding International Coalition Intervenes in WTO Dispute Over Genetic Foods Consumer Groups Expose Potential Conflict of Interest Monsanto Pulls Plug on Embattled Biotech Wheat Groups Ask USDA to Permit Companies to Conduct Mad Cow Tests; Urge Agency to Expand its Own Testing Program California Rice Commission Approves Genetically Engineered Rice Pressure Builds Against Genetically Engineered Wheat CFS Calls on Government Agencies, Food Processing Companies, the Agriculture Industry, and Medical and Veterinary Professionals to Protect Consumers, the Economy, and Animals from Mad Cow Disease CFS Sues FDA to Regulate Genetically Engineered GloFish EPA Denies CFS' Petition to Stop the Land Application of Sewage Sludge New Study Dispels Biotech Industry Claims of Pesticide Reduction CFS Files Petition with FDA Concerning Results of Irradiated Meat Test CFS Files Lawsuit Challenging Open-air Testing of Genetically Engineered "Biopharm"Crops CFS Files Petition with EPA to Stop the Land Application of Sewage Sludge CFS Sues State of Hawaii for Refusing to Disclose Information on Field Tests of Genetically Engineered Crops in Hawaii CFS Assists Farmers in Legal Action Against Monsanto's Genetically Engineered Wheat CFS Responds to USDA Proposals on Biopharm Crops CFS to Sue USDA Over Biotech Crops Containing Pharmaceuticals Toxic Chemicals Detected in Irradiated Beef; FDA Urged to Ban Products Consumer Groups to USDA: Don't Feed Irradiated Food to School Children Legal action filed to halt planting of biotech crops containing pharmaceuticals citing human health and environmental risks. Coalition calls for an indefinite moratorium on all "biopharm" crops Coalition to File Legal Petition Demanding Immediate Halt of Experimental Biopharmaceuticals Grown on Farms New National Poll: 88% of US Consumers Want Labels on Genetically Engineered Food Industry-Funded Report Misleads Farmers CFS Files Legal Action Against USDA on National Organic Standards "Stop the Commercialization of Genetically Engineered Fish," say over 200 Grocers, Restaurants, and Seafood Districutors CFS Says Recent National Academy of Sciences Study Findings Support Moratorium on Use of Genetically Engineered Fish CFS Presents Fact Sheet at Congressional Briefing: "Mad Cow Disease: Closing the Loopholes in FDA's Feed Regulations" New Book Challenges Agribusiness Industrial Agriculture. Leading Ecological Thinkers and Activists Offer Vision for New Food Future CFS Files Legal Petition Seeking a Criminal Investigation Into Monsanto & Aventis Sale of Contaminated Genetically Engineered Canola Seed FDA Ignoring Evidence That New Chemicals Created in Irradiated Food Could Be Harmful CFS and Public Citizen Call on FTC to Investigate Companies That Advertise Food Irradiation as "Pasteurization" EPA Moving Ahead with Re-registration of Genetically Engineered Crops, While Withholding Key Environmental Impact Data Agency has data on Monarch butterflies that it is refusing to release publicly CFS and Public Citizen Groups File False Advertising Complaint Against Leading Food Irradiation Company CFS and Other Groups Accuse USDA of Rubberstamping its Proposal to Release GE Insects CFS Files a Petition with USDA for Failing to Enforce the Humane Slaughter Act New FDA Policy Fails to Require Testing or Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food Historic Lawsuit Against the Food and Drug Administration to Force Labeling and Safety Testing of Genetically Engineered Foods Continues Greenpeace, Center for Food Safety and organic farmers sue EPA over gene-altered crops CFS Files Legal Petition with FDA to Remove rBGH from Market Landmark Lawsuit Challenges FDA Policy on Genetically Engineered Food Legal Challenge Filed with FDA to Remove Monsanto's rBGH from the Market

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