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Center for Food Safety Leads Movement for Science-Based Advocacy Against Industrial Agriculture

Rally and Supreme Court Hearing in Monsanto v. Durnell Highlight Fight for Public Health and Corporate Accountability ...
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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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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 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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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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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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EPA Refuses to Regulate Risks of Pesticide Formulations

SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied a 2017 legal petition by Center for Food Safety (CFS) calling on EPA to require testing and data on whole pesticide ...
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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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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 removed titanium dioxide, a potentially carcinogenic food additive, from ...
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Appeals Court Ruling Allows Novel Genetically Engineered Soy Leghemoglobin in Impossible Burgers

SAN FRANCISCO—Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in Center for Food Safety's (CFS) lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of soy ...
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Farmworker, Farmer, and Community Protection Groups Bring EPA to Court to Stop New PFAS Pesticide Approval

San Francisco, CA — Farmworker Justice, Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) North America, and Center for Food Safety challenged the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) approval of four ...