A 70-page petition making over 200 scientific citations to the Environmental Protection Agency seeks immediate suspension of the herbicide glyphosate, the main ingredient in the famous Roundup weed killer.
The San Francisco-based Center for Food Safety filed the petition to EPA on behalf of itself, Beyond Pesticides, and four farmworker
Continue Reading Massive petition to EPA wants to kill herbicide glyphosate known to many as Roundup
Revisions to the Clean Water Act submitted in 2017 for more effective regulations of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) were denied this week by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The EPA denied the 2017 petition submitted by Food & Water Watch and dozens of co-petitioners, including the Center for Food Safety.
Continue Reading EPA denies water quality petition for CAFOs
Food safety and clean water always make for a good marriage. That can be seen in a recent legal settlement involving two large dairies in Eastern Washington that were accused of contaminating the water and soil in the area. The goal of the settlement is to stop the animal waste
Continue Reading Food safety scores a win in recent water settlements
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, and Matthew M. Graves of the U.S. Attorney’s office in Washington D.C. are all being sued over some popular herbicides.
The Center for Food Safety, the Pesticide Action Network North America, and Nacional De Campesinas have sued the
Continue Reading EPA sued over herbicide approvals
Editor’s note: Following is a letter sent by Consumer Reports and a coalition of concerned entities (see list below) regarding the leadership at the Food and Drug Administration in reference to the recent Reagan-Udall Foundation report on the agency.
TO:
Dr. Robert Califf Commissioner
Food and Drug Administration 10903 New
Editor’s note: This is a letter sent by a large coalition of consumer and industry groups to Jane Henney, the chair of the Independent Expert Panel – FDA Human Foods Program of the Reagan-Udall Foundation, that is charged with investigating operations at the Food and Drug Administration.
Dear Dr. Henney:
Continue Reading Coalition asks review panel to consider food leader for upper echelon at FDA
Several groups, including Consumer Reports and STOP Foodborne Illness, have written to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack in support of increased food safety efforts regarding Salmonella in poultry.
The groups describe current regulations as “antiquated” and encourage the secretary to move forward to develop new and enforceable standards that are product
Continue Reading Consumer groups encourage USDA secretary to continue efforts to make chicken products safer
PITTSBURGH, PA — In an IAFP 2022 session on Aug. 1 titled “Salmonella in Poultry: Issues and Solutions” speakers talked about how the contamination of poultry with Salmonella continues to be one of the most pressing issues in food safety.
Salmonella serotype Enteritidis and Typhimurium are responsible for multiple cases
Continue Reading Salmonella in poultry, the issues and solutions, hearing from the experts
Beyond Pesticides, the Center for Food Safety (CFS), and others are doing victory dances this week after back-to-back court wins.
By denying a writ of certiorari in Hardeman v. Monsanto, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand an early $25 million award to a person with cancer overuse of Roundup (glyphosate)
Continue Reading People who want a pesticide-free world score back-to-back court victories
The U.SDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded researchers from the University of Georgia Center for Food Safety a three-year, $599,900 grant to begin a new study to investigate the effectiveness of antimicrobial blue light technology in reducing foodborne pathogens.
Food manufacturers often use chemical sanitizers on food
Continue Reading USDA gives grant to University of Georgia to study antimicrobial blue light tech
