The Ninth Circuit let stand rulings that require the USDA to prepare a rigorous environmental review of Roundup Ready sugar beets. Challengers argued since 2008 that the crop would contaminate organic beets and chard and worsen pesticide use and the spread of resistant weeds.
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Family farmers amplify legal complaint against Monsanto's GMOs
The Public Patent Foundation filed an amended complaint for family farmers, seed businesses and organic groups challenging Monsanto's GM seed patents, after Monsanto declined to promise it would not sue growers whose crops its seed contaminates.
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Farmers and Seed Producers Launch Preemptive Strike against Monsanto (PR)
The Public Patent Foundation sued Monsanto in federal court in Manhattan on behalf of 60 family farmers, seed businesses and organic groups, seeking to bar the company from suing them for patent infringement should their crops ever be contaminated by its genetically modified seed.
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Nestle Agrees to Stop'Deceptive' Ad Claims
The FTC says Nestlé HealthCare Nutrition deceptively advertised BOOST Kid Essentials, a children's drink with probiotics, as preventing respiratory infections, protecting against colds and flu and cutting absences from school. Nestlé agreed to drop the claims.
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"Teflon Chicken Don" Jack DeCoster, Agrees to Cruelty Plea
Maine Contract Farming, part of Jack DeCoster's egg empire, pleaded guilty to failing to shelter and feed 10 hens at its Turner farm. It agreed to $25,000 in penalties, $100,000 for state monitoring, unannounced inspections and a staff veterinarian. A 2009 undercover video prompted a raid.
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Antibiotic-Tainted Honey Seized in Philadelphia
The FDA seized 64 drums of imported Chinese honey, worth more than $32,000, from a Philadelphia distribution center after a sample tested positive for chloramphenicol, an antibiotic banned in US food that can cause fatal aplastic anemia in sensitive people.
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Federal Marshals Seize Bee Honey
At the FDA's request, federal marshals seized 64 drums of imported Chinese honey from a Philadelphia distribution center on June 4 because it contained a potent antibiotic that could cause serious illness or death.
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Hearing Scheduled for McNeil Plant
A hearing will examine the Pennsylvania McNeil plant behind the April 30 recall of Children's Tylenol and other Johnson & Johnson liquids. The FDA cited filthy equipment, bacterial contamination and untrained staff, and is reviewing 700 adverse-event reports, including seven deaths.
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Lawsuit Raises Fish Oil Supplement Concerns
California environmentalists sued eight fish oil makers and retailers, claiming PCB levels in popular supplements ranged from about 12 to more than 850 nanograms per recommended dose and that state law requires disclosure of any non-zero level.
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration Cracks Down on Labeling Violations
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg announced a broad push against illegal food label claims, and the agency sent more than 15 warning letters on 22 February 2010 to makers including Nestle, Gorton's and POM Wonderful. A consultant notes labels are the easiest violation to spot.
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Nestle warned over misleading claims
The FDA warned Nestlé USA that labels on three Juicy Juice products carry unauthorized nutrient content claims, including “helps support brain development” and “naturally lower in sugar.” A Nestlé spokeswoman said the company intends to cooperate fully.
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FDA Takes Action Against Dairy Farm and Owner (PR)
A federal court entered a consent decree barring Old Carolina Farm and owner Francis Roderick from selling animals for slaughter until they set up records tracking drug-treated animals, after a history of selling dairy cows and bob veal calves with illegal drug residues.
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FDA: Caffeine may not be used in alcoholic beverages
The FDA wrote to about 30 makers of caffeinated alcoholic drinks, giving them 30 days to show the caffeine is approved or generally recognized as safe, or face removal from the market. The agency says 26% of college students drink them.
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Dietary supplements help defeat leukemia, one patient says
An FTC administrative law judge acknowledged that Daniel Chapter One is a ministry but ruled the agency still has jurisdiction over it. The rest is Tracey Kulikowski's first-person account of the 1996 illness and abnormal blood work that sent her to an oncologist.
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Lawsuit claims hot dogs linked to cancer
The Cancer Project sued hot dog processors including Kraft, Sara Lee and Hebrew National in New Jersey, seeking labels warning consumers of a link between processed meat and colon cancer. The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council says other studies contradict that link.
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Advocacy Group Wants Warning Labels on Hot Dogs
The Cancer Project sued hot dog processors including Kraft, Sara Lee and Hebrew National in New Jersey, seeking labels warning that processed meat is linked to colon cancer. The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council says other studies contradict the link.
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Cheerios warned by FDA
The FDA's May 5 warning letter told General Mills that Cheerios' cholesterol-lowering and heart-disease claims make the cereal a drug that cannot be legally marketed without an approved new drug application. General Mills says the science is not in question.
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Lawyers eye on suits against Hydroxycut
After the FDA advised consumers to stop using 14 Hydroxycut products over 23 reports of health problems including liver injury and one death, law firms began recruiting claimants and Saiontz & Kirk moved toward a class action. Maker Iovate disputes the findings but recalled the products.
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