The Cornucopia Institute says the USDA's National Organic Program dismissed its 14 complaints against large certified organic dairy and poultry operations as unwarranted without investigating, and has asked the Inspector General to examine ties between lobbyists and regulators.
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Fluoridegate: More revelations
Dan Stockin used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain CDC, ADA and Pew correspondence on the 2011 response to Atlanta civil rights leaders' concerns about fluoridation's effects on Black and Hispanic communities. Of 320 pages released, 80 were blanked out and 45 partly redacted.
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Pollinator Task Force Misses Chance to Protect Bees from Toxic Pesticides Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter
Food & Water Watch executive director Wenonah Hauter says the White House Pollinator Health Task Force's plan leans on voluntary measures and fails to take neonicotinoids off the market, as domestic bee losses reach 42.1 percent of colonies this year.
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Corporate Trade Agenda Attacks Americans’ Right to Know
The WTO ruled that U.S. country-of-origin labeling rules for meat and poultry fall short of global trade standards because they hurt Canadian and Mexican livestock imports. Wenonah Hauter says the meat industry used trade officials to undo a law it could not beat at home.
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Internal Document Reveals USDA To Launch Non-GMO Certification as Part of “USDA Process Verified" Program
An internal May 1 letter from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, obtained by the Associated Press, outlines a program letting companies pay USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service to verify non-GMO claims and add a “USDA Process Verified” label. Vilsack said an unnamed global company requested it.
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Newsletter 051415 from Organic Consumers Association - If you don't take any other action this week, please take one of these
An Organic Consumers Association newsletter urging readers to call Congress, write letters or hold rallies against HR 1599, the food labeling bill critics call the DARK Act, which OCA says would block disclosure of GMOs in food.
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What is USDA Hiding About Its Privatized Poultry Inspection Service?
FSIS denied Food & Water Watch's FOIA request for the list of poultry plants adopting the New Poultry Inspection System. Wenonah Hauter says the refusal undercuts a Justice Department attorney's suggestion that consumers could use FOIA to learn which plants self-inspect.
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Over 300 Groups Urge Congress to Label GMOs
328 farm, food, health and environmental groups wrote to Congress opposing Rep. Pompeo's H.R. 1599, which would make GMO labeling voluntary and preempt state laws, and backing DeFazio and Boxer bills that would create a federal mandatory labeling standard.
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OREGON: Two Important Actions on Pesticides and GMOs in Oregon!
Two Oregon measures are at stake: HB 3212 would classify all farming rules as land use regulations, which the Center for Sustainability Law says could undo Jackson County's GMO ban, while HB 3549 concerns helicopter pesticide spraying over timber clear-cuts.
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FDA on Bottled Water, 3 Victories & May's Teleconference
The Fluoride Action Network reports that Clarksburg, W.Va. voted to end fluoridation, Oneida, N.Y. rejected it for a third time, and two Ontario communities restated their opposition. FDA also recommended no more than 0.7 mg/L of fluoride be added to bottled water.
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Curtain Goes Up on Organics - newsletter 050715 from Organic Consumers Association
At the Spring 2015 National Organic Standards Board meeting, OCA testified against allowing more synthetic methionine in organic broiler feed and presented 17,000 petition signatures, but lost. An action alert covers reported animal cruelty at a USDA research center.
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On a factory farm near you
The Center for Food Safety asks readers to report concerns about ractopamine, a growth-promoting feed additive banned or restricted in dozens of countries but fed to US cattle, pigs and turkeys. The group has sued FDA over its approval of eighteen ractopamine-based animal drugs.
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10 Things You Can Do to Rid the World of GMOs - newsletter 042915 from Organic Consumers Association
The lead essay argues that GMO and non-GMO chemical-intensive crops alike harm health and the environment, and lists 10 consumer actions to drive GMOs off the market. The newsletter also reports a Vermont federal judge signaling the state may require GMO labels.
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Get ready for summer with world-class dutch oven cookbooks
Cedar Fort promotes two Dutch oven cookbooks by competition cooks Bruce Tracy and Doug Martin, among them Tracy's Backyard Dutch Oven Cooking, which collects more than 100 recipes spanning skill levels along with technique advice.
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Fluoride levels reduced for fluoridation while its safety not taken into account
HHS lowered the recommended water fluoride level to 0.7 mg/L after dental fluorosis showed up in 41% of young teenagers. FAN says EPA never answered its safety comments and HHS ignored studies linking fluoride to lower IQ, ADHD and underactive thyroid.
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BREAKING: Court Declares Vermont’s GMO Labeling Law Constitutional
A federal judge in Vermont upheld the constitutionality of the state's genetically engineered food labeling law, clearing the way for Vermont to implement it. The Center for Food Safety, which helped defend the law, expects food companies to seek further proceedings or appeal.
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Join Jeffrey Smith in the Food Revolution Summit on Sunday!
A promotional notice for the free online Food Revolution Summit, in which John Robbins interviews 25 speakers and Jeffrey Smith presents “Why GMOs Matter to You” on April 26.
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Prominent Government Watchdog Asks Obama Administration to Remove Organic Leadership at USDA
The Cornucopia Institute wrote to the White House and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asking for new leadership at USDA's National Organic Program, saying officials have overridden the National Organic Standards Board. Fifteen organic stakeholders are suing the department.
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