United Fresh president Tom Stenzel welcomed USDA's final rule requiring SNAP retailers to stock seven varieties of fruits and vegetables with three units each, calling it a win for both SNAP families and the small stores his group asked USDA not to overburden.
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Politics be damned. Let's exercise our true power. - Newsletter 110916 from Organic Consumers Association
The Organic Consumers Association urges readers to turn from the 2016 election back to grassroots food and farming work, and flags a request by 56 biotech and food industry groups for $3 million in taxpayer money to promote GMO products.
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We congratulate President-Elect Donald J. Trump - statement of Robert Guenther
United Fresh Produce Association's Robert Guenther congratulates President-elect Donald Trump, the Republican Party and the incoming 115th Congress, and says the group will work with them on food safety, immigration reform, nutrition, farm policy, trade and taxes.
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Industry Watchdog: USDA Allowing Illegal “Organic” Produce Production
The Cornucopia Institute says the USDA has quietly let more than 100 soil-less operations be certified organic, and has filed a legal complaint against several agribusinesses and their certifiers. The National Organic Standards Board votes in November on whether to allow hydroponics.
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Do you buy Halos? Think again
Campaigners join Breast Cancer Action's 2016 Think Before You Pink effort, asking Bee Sweet Citrus and Wonderful Citrus to stop irrigating mandarins with oil wastewater. They argue the practice has not been proven safe for the public or for farm workers, and call the pink ribbons pinkwashing.
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it's up to us - Center for Food Safety
The Center for Food Safety asks supporters to donate so it can press the next president on GMO labeling, pollinators and food safety. It notes members pushed a question on mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods to 9,425 votes, 68th out of nearly 16,000.
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Mackay Victory, Ontario Mandate Threat, & Major Teleconference
Mackay, Australia's council voted 6-5 to end water fluoridation after forums, hearings and a survey in which 46 percent of residents opposed the practice and 39 percent favored it. Only 24 of Queensland's 77 councils still fluoridate. FAN's October teleconference audio is posted.
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How to Win Your Campaign -- Don't Miss This Teleconference
The Fluoride Action Network invites campaigners to a free teleconference where Rick North will explain how fluoridation was voted down in Portland and Newport, Oregon, and share post-election polling on which arguments and audiences worked best.
Advisories
FDA: Protect Food and Water During Storms
The FDA lists steps for protecting food and water in storms: stock thermometers, ice, coolers and bottled water beforehand, throw out anything flood water touched, sanitize surfaces with a tablespoon of bleach per gallon, and boil or bleach-treat questionable water.
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Tell Congress: Repeal the DARK Act!
The Senate passed a bill on July 14 that nullified Vermont's GMO labeling law, and President Obama signed it on July 31. The Organic Consumers Association asks readers to back Senator Richard Blumenthal's effort to repeal it.
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Advocates Criticize Changes to Safety Measures for Catfish Imports
Food & Water Watch wrote to USDA warning that new procedures for deciding which foreign facilities may export catfish to the U.S. could let exporters that fall short of American safety standards ship anyway, and asked the agency to open a public comment period.
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Congressional GMO Voters Guide: Who Sold Out the “Right to Know”
The Cornucopia Institute graded every member of Congress on GMO labeling and transparency votes. In the House, 88 members earned an A or B while 197 scored zero and received an F; in the Senate, 29 earned an A or B and 47 got failing grades.
Advisories
Homeopathic Teething Tablets and Gels: FDA Warning - Risk to Infants and Children
FDA warns that homeopathic teething tablets and gels may pose a risk to infants and children, citing adverse events including seizures reported since a 2010 alert. The products are not FDA-evaluated for safety or efficacy, and the agency tells consumers to stop using and discard them.
Advisories
FDA Investigates Sammy’s Milk Baby Food (Infant Formula)
FDA warns consumers not to buy or use Sammy's Milk Baby Food powdered infant formula, saying Graceleigh, Inc. did not make it under federal infant formula rules. The product was never tested for Cronobacter and may lack adequate iron; all of it is being recalled.
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What Has Monsanto Done to Argentina's Children? Newsletter 092916 from Organic Consumers Association
An Organic Consumers Association newsletter about “Transgenic Wars,” a film on the Argentine village of Avia Terai, where residents blame Roundup sprayed on surrounding GMO soy for birth defects and illness, plus an alert on EPA's handling of atrazine.
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Proposed mergers by biotechnology firms could result in cotton seed price surge
A Texas A&M Agricultural and Food Policy Center study, presented at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, projects the proposed Dow-DuPont and Monsanto-Bayer mergers would sharply raise cotton seed prices and slightly raise corn and soybean seed prices, potentially reaching consumers.
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Two of the worst corporate criminals headed to the altar - Newsletter 091716 from Organic Consumers Association
An Organic Consumers Association newsletter on the $66-billion Bayer-Monsanto deal, citing a Wall Street Journal report that biotech seed dominance is under threat as farmers such as Ohio's Joe Logan drop costly biotech seed to save money.
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Are you eating 100-percent natural weed killer?
An Organic Consumers Association appeal seeking $200,000 by September 16 to fund lawsuits against food companies over misleading labels, including a new suit against egg producer Handsome Brook Farm and claims about glyphosate in cereal and granola bars.
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