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Farm, Ranch and Consumer Groups Applaud Federal Appeals Court COOL Ruling (PR)
Four farm, ranch and consumer groups that joined a federal appeals case as amici welcomed the court's refusal to block country-of-origin meat labeling, a ruling that found the meatpacking industry unlikely to succeed on the merits of its claims.
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FDA Uses New Authorities To Get OxyElite Pro Off the Market
FDA's dietary supplement chief describes using new FSMA powers against USPLabs after dozens of people developed acute liver failure or severe hepatitis linked to OxyElite Pro; several needed transplants and one died. The products contain aegeline, an ingredient not shown to be safe.
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OxyElite Pro Supplements Recalled - FDA Says
USPLabs agreed to recall certain OxyElite Pro supplements, linked to dozens of cases of acute liver failure and hepatitis including one death and several liver transplants, and to destroy about $22 million in stock. FDA still warns consumers away from OxyElite Pro and VERSA-1.
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Researcher Files Lawsuit vs. FDA After His Petition Calling for Ban on Artificial Trans Fats Was Ignored
Fred Kummerow, now 98, petitioned the FDA in 2009 to ban synthetic trans fats and never received a final response. He has now sued, arguing the failure to ban partially hydrogenated oils and the delay violate the Administrative Procedure Act and the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
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Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund Files Appeal in Wisconsin Raw Milk Case
Wisconsin dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger was acquitted of three criminal charges over supplying a private buying club with raw milk, but convicted of violating a holding order and fined $1,000 plus costs. The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is appealing that fourth verdict.
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CFS Launches Class Action Lawsuit against Monsanto
The Center for Food Safety and Pacific Northwest wheat farmers filed a class action against Monsanto after unapproved Roundup Ready wheat turned up in an Oregon field, seeking compensation for lost export markets and measures to clean up the contamination.
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Sulfuryl fluoride is NOT in Senate Farm Bill. We did it!
The Fluoride Action Network tells supporters that Senate amendment 1122, which would have circumvented EPA's proposed phase-out of the food fumigant sulfuryl fluoride, did not make it into the Farm Bill. FAN warns the House version still carries language to withdraw the phase-out.
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Anti-Fluoride Group Submits More than 35,000 Signatures to Portland in ‘Confident’ Bid to Force Vote
Clean Water Portland gathered more than 43,000 signatures, well past the 19,858 required, to force a referendum on the city council's September 2012 fluoridation ordinance. The plan stops until the council repeals it or puts it to voters, most likely in May 2014.
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David vs. Monsanto—The Story of How a Lone Farmer Prevailed Against One of the Most Powerful Companies on the Planet
Mercola offers a free, time-limited viewing of a documentary on Percy Schmeiser, the Saskatchewan canola grower Monsanto sued in 1998 for patent infringement after Roundup Ready canola turned up across his fields. Monsanto sought $400,000; Schmeiser refused to settle and countersued.
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$7.5 Million Settlement Ends Organic Dairy Scandal - Walmart, Costco, Target Allegedly Deceived Consumers
Aurora Dairy agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a class-action consumer fraud suit over private-label organic milk sold by Walmart, Costco, Target and others. Federal regulators had found Aurora willfully violated organic pasture rules and brought conventional cows into organic herds.
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CSPI Intends Litigation Unless Company Drops Deception
CSPI says it will sue Amway unless the company stops claiming its Nutrilite Twist Tubes deliver two servings of fruits and vegetables or boost immunity. The group notes the Strawberry Kiwi flavor contains neither fruit, and both lines are sweetened with sucralose.
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Judge Sides with Monsanto in Lawsuit
Judge Naomi Buchwald dismissed Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association et al v. Monsanto on February 24. Daniel Ravicher, lead attorney for the 81 plaintiffs, called the ruling flawed on both the facts and the law and said they will take it to the Court of Appeals.
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Monsanto to Face Biopiracy Charges in India
India's National Biodiversity Authority is suing Monsanto and the Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company for using local eggplant varieties to develop a genetically modified version without the approval its 2002 Biological Diversity Act requires. Mercola calls it the first such government case.
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Finally... Solo Farmer Fights Monsanto and Wins
Dr. Mercola recounts Canadian canola farmer Percy Schmeiser's fight after Monsanto sued him for patent infringement in 1998, ending with Monsanto agreeing in March 2008 to pay cleanup costs, and notes Riceland Foods' win against Bayer over contaminated rice.
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FDA, FTC warns companies selling HCG products for weight loss
The FDA and FTC sent warning letters to seven companies selling over-the-counter homeopathic hCG drops, pellets and sprays for weight loss. hCG is approved as an injectable drug for female infertility, not weight loss, and the products pair with diets as low as 500 calories a day.
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Water Fluoridation Injury Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court
A 13-year-old with dental fluorosis is suing Nestle U.S.A., Nestle Waters North America and Gerber, claiming fluoridated bottled water discolored her teeth and the companies failed to warn buyers. Her mother seeks the cost of covering up the damage, put at over $100,000 over a lifetime.
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AGRI-MARK/CABOT “rBST-FREE” Misrepresentations Demand Consumer Education (pr)
A Vermont ruling found Agri-Mark, known to shoppers as Cabot Creamery, broke the state's consumer fraud act by selling products labelled rBST-free that were not. The Institute for Responsible Technology says the case typifies what buyers seeking non-GM food are up against.
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