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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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Connecting the Dots on Ag and Climate Change

This weekend, hundreds of thousands of citizens will march in Washington, D.C., and around the world, raising their voices to demand action on climate change, one of the most critical issues of our ...
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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 ...