Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS), the single largest recipient of campaign funds from Koch Industries in 2010, introduced a bill to Congress last week titled the “Safe and Accurate Labeling Act of 2014” (HR 4432) that is anything but. The bill would stop states from requiring labels on food produced from genetically engineered (GE) and genetically … Read more
The Vermont Senate has approved H.112, a bill to label GMO or GE foods, with a vote of 28 to 2. Tee bill now goes to the House for a final vote before it heads to the governor’s desk. Governor Peter Shumlin has indicated he is likely to sign it, which would make Vermont the first … Read more
Food & Water Watch and Center for Food Safety asked FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to stop erroneous statements by AquaBounty Technologies. The company’s vice present Henry Clifford told the press that the government will let the company sell its GMO salmon without a label to inform consumers. Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food & Water … Read more
A bill introduced in Congress yesterday would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sole authority to require labeling of genetically modified foods, overturning state laws that require such labeling. The bill, introduced by Reps. Mike Pompeo (R-Kansas) and G. K. Butterfield (D- North Carolina,) is named the “Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of … Read more
Food and Water Watch has conducted a survey with the Organic Farmers’ Agency for Relationship Marketing that shows contamination from GMO (GE) crops is happening and affecting organic produce in farm fields around the country. The survey asked farmers in 17 states, primarily the Midwest, about contamination of organic and non-GMO farm fields with GMO … Read more
Multinational chemical corporations are challenging a law in Hawaii that requires disclosure of pesticide use on genetically engineered crops. The Center for Food Safety and a coalition of Kaua’i residents, along with Earthjustice, are filing papers as defendants against this action. Ordinance 960 informs Kaua’i residents about the pesticides applied to GE crops. Many residents … Read more
A new bill to label genetically engineered (GE) foods in California was introduced last week into the California senate. The bill is backed by the Center for Food Safety and other food safety and consumer advocates. It’s sponsored by a coalition called Californians for GE Food Labeling. CFS west coast director Rebecca Spector said in … Read more
The Center for Food Safety is criticizing the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) for trying to block states from mandating labeling of genetically engineered (GE) or genetically modified (GMO) foods. GMA just announced the formation of a group called “Coalition for Safe Affordable Food” that is comprised of chemical groups, big food corporations, and biotechnology lobbyists. … Read more
The Center for Food Safety is launching a campaign to stop Dow Chemical’s so-called “Agent Orange” GMO crops. The genetically engineered corn and soybeans resist 2,4-D, a powerful herbicide that is one half of the chemical Agent Orange that caused illness and death in Vietnam veterans. The campaign includes a petition to USDA and President … Read more
Several consumer and food safety groups, including Ecology Action Centre, Ecojustice, and Living Oceans Society are challenging the Canadian government’s approval of AquaBounty’s genetically engineered salmon. This new fish threatens native species, according to those groups. The lawsuit was filed today in Canadian court. Karen Wristen, Executive Director of the Living Oceans Society in B.C. … Read more