An Organic Consumers Association newsletter attacking a House subcommittee hearing on biotechnology, where Cornell's David Just attributed opposition to GMO labeling to consumer ignorance, and calling on readers to push back.
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Politics
Stop allowing corporations to add gimmicky and risky synthetic chemicals to organics
The Cornucopia Institute is circulating a White House petition asking President Obama and Secretary Vilsack to reverse a USDA change that stripped the National Organic Standards Board of much of its authority over sunset review of synthetics allowed in organic production.
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New Statewide Survey Says 75% of Registered Colorado Voters in Favor of Mandatory GMO Labeling
An RBI Strategies survey of 500 registered Colorado voters found 75 percent would vote to require foods made with genetically engineered ingredients to be labeled 'Produced with Genetic Engineering,' with support highest, at 81 percent, among those aged 18 to 34.
Advisories
USDA Proposes Rule to Enhance Consumer Protection; Ensure Retailers Can Track Sources of Ground Meats
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service proposes requiring retailers who grind raw beef to record the source, supplier and materials used, saying current recordkeeping has not worked well and better traceback would speed recalls when outbreaks occur.
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Tell Congress to Oppose 2,4-D Crops
The Center for Food Safety asks readers to urge their representatives to sign a DeFazio-Pingree letter opposing EPA and USDA approval of Dow's 2,4-D-resistant corn, soybeans and cotton. It notes 2,4-D has been linked to cancer, Parkinson's and endocrine disruption.
Law & Regulations
USDA Moves Forward with Flawed Privatized Inspection Rule In Poultry Slaughter
USDA has sent the White House a final rule cutting trained inspectors in poultry plants, handing most inspection to company employees and allowing lines of 175 birds a minute. Food and Water Watch calls it a gift to industry; the proposal drew over 175,000 largely opposed comments.
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Newsletter - 07/10/2014 - from Organic Consumers Association
An Organic Consumers Association newsletter featuring Courtney White's book Grass, Soil, Hope, which Michael Pollan introduces, plus an action alert tying Hillary Clinton to Monsanto through her old law firm and pro-GMO appointees Michael Taylor and Tom Vilsack.
Law & Regulations
FDA to Hold Public Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring in the Food Supply
FDA will hold a public meeting August 12-13, 2014 in Silver Spring on progress under the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System's 2012-2016 strategic plan. Sessions cover outbreak analysis, new detection methods and slaughter sampling. A webcast will be available.
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Tell Hillary Clinton: Dump Monsanto. Support GMO Labeling and Regenerative, Organic Agriculture
An Organic Consumers Association petition asks Hillary Clinton to break with Monsanto and back GMO labeling, after she told the BIO International Convention in San Diego that supporters of the technology need a 'different vocabulary' to describe it.
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Stand up to Big Food TODAY
EWG's Ken Cook asks supporters to press their representatives against the DARK Act, which would block states from requiring labels on genetically engineered ingredients and let foods with GE ingredients be called natural. More than 84,000 supporters have already written.
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New Dr. Mercola Article on Fluoridation
A Fluoride Action Network bulletin noting Dr. Joseph Mercola's new article on fluoridation and confirming he will speak at FAN's Fifth Citizens' Conference on Fluoride in Crystal City, Virginia, September 6-8, alongside Quanyong Xiang, Paul Connett and others.
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SIU Cancels Plan to Use Pigs, Shut Down Deadly Experiments at Texas A&M, Global Cosmetics Testing Reform
A Physicians Committee newsletter reporting that Southern Illinois University canceled plans to use live pigs in emergency medicine training, plus items on alcohol experiments on sheep in Texas, cosmetics testing reform, a July diabetes conference and a benefit auction.
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Tell congress to protect your right to know: Oppose the dark act
A campaign alert against HR 4432, which opponents call the DARK Act. The bill would stop states from passing GE labeling laws and bar the FDA from requiring GE labels, keeping a voluntary policy no company has used in 13 years. It now has 25 co-sponsors.
Advisories
FDA’s Advice: Know the Risks of Feeding Raw Foods to Your Pets
FDA says raw meat, bones and organs fed to dogs and cats are likelier than cooked food to carry Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, which can sicken pets and the people handling the food. The agency recommends cooking meat and poultry before giving it to animals.
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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for GMO Labeling Laws!
An Organic Consumers Association appeal noting that the International Dairy Foods Association, which is suing Vermont over its GMO labeling law alongside Monsanto and the GMA, held its annual ice cream party for Congress. It asks readers to donate before June 30.
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Dis-Honest Tea in Hot Water? Organic Consumers Association Newsletter
The Organic Consumers Association renews its call to boycott Honest Tea over parent Coca-Cola's $3.2 million spent against GMO labeling in California and Washington, and asks whether CEO Seth Goldman misled a Washington Post reporter about Coke's contributions to the No on I-522 campaign.
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Organic Consumers Under Attack
The Organic Consumers Association seeks donations to fight Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association's lawsuit against Vermont's GMO labeling law, possible suits over two Oregon counties' GMO crop bans, and the November labeling vote in Oregon.
Legal Actions
Producer of tainted dietary supplements sentenced in federal court
A Manhattan federal magistrate judge fined Balanced Health Products CEO Nikki Haskell $60,000 for distributing StarCaps, weight-loss pills advertised as all-natural that also contained the undeclared prescription diuretic bumetanide. She pleaded guilty in March 2014.
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