The Organic Consumers Association newsletter says the Pollinator Partnership behind National Pollinator Week, June 16-22, 2014, is funded in part by Monsanto and Bayer, and calls it a public relations campaign. A second item presses retailers to stop selling Roundup.
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Law & Regulations
Clarification on Using Wood Shelving in Artisanal Cheesemaking
FDA says it has not banned aging cheese on wooden boards and that the Food Safety Modernization Act requires no such step. It calls a January 2014 letter to New York State background information rather than policy, and concedes the wording sounded more definitive than its actual practice.
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Hollywood Heavyweights Call for Legislation to Stop Abuse of Antibiotics on Factory Farms
Food & Water Watch released a public service announcement in which Ed Begley Jr., Lance Bass and other Environmental Media Association board members back legislation to end antibiotic abuse on factory farms, which the group says takes 80 percent of US antibiotic sales.
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Urgent action needed: School lunch vote happening TODAY
The Environmental Working Group asks readers to call their representatives before a House vote today on an agriculture appropriations bill that would weaken federal nutrition requirements for school lunches.
Advisories
New Advice: Some Women and Young Children Should Eat More Fish - FDA
FDA and EPA issued draft advice urging pregnant women, those who might become pregnant, breastfeeding mothers and young children to eat 8 to 12 ounces a week of fish lower in mercury. An FDA analysis found 21% of pregnant women surveyed had eaten no fish the previous month.
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Wedding Bells in WI, Walker's WEDC and More in The SPIN, June 11, 2014
The Center for Media and Democracy's newsletter rounds up reports that Walker's WEDC produced 5,840 actual jobs in three years, that pesticide and GMO firms are spending heavily in Hawai'i politics, and that a federal judge struck down Wisconsin's gay marriage ban.
Advisories
FDA Issues Net Effects Study on Fish Consumption
FDA released its Net Effects Assessment estimating how a pregnant woman's consumption of commercial fish affects fetal neurodevelopment. The agency says it supports advice that pregnant and breastfeeding women eat 8 to 12 ounces of lower-mercury fish weekly.
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Pizza and french fries
An EWG action alert urging readers to ask their member of Congress to oppose an agriculture appropriations bill that would loosen school nutrition standards, including dropping the requirement that school meals contain fruits and vegetables.
Law & Regulations
FDA Issues Final Rule Setting Manufacturing Standards for Infant Formula
FDA issued a final rule setting good manufacturing practices for infant formula, including required testing for Salmonella and Cronobacter plus quality control procedures. It covers formula for healthy infants and revises the interim rule issued in February 2014.
Law & Regulations
FDA Takes Final Step on Infant Formula Protections
The FDA finalized its rule setting manufacturing standards for infant formula: testing for Salmonella and Cronobacter, evidence that formulas support normal growth, and nutrient testing before market and at the end of shelf life. Manufacturers must comply by September 8, 2014.
Legal Actions
Food & Water Watch Petitions USDA to Stop Allowing Imports of Beef Produced Under Privatized Inspection
Food & Water Watch petitioned USDA's inspection service to revoke the "equivalency" status of four meat inspection programs in Canada, Australia and New Zealand that let company employees replace government inspectors on food safety checks.
Advisories
Avoid Buyer’s Remorse with this Helpful Checklist
A consumer checklist for major purchases: decide what you want and can afford, research the seller and product, gather several price quotes, verify licenses, check complaint records, get warranties and return policies in writing, and consider paying by credit card.
Advisories
Consumers Beware: Top 5 Summer Scams You Need to Know
Five seasonal traps to watch: gas additives promising better mileage, unlicensed door-to-door contractors, concert ticket surcharges and will-call rules, vacation rentals that may not exist, and airline baggage and bumping policies. Research sellers and pay by credit card.
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Five Reasons to Boycott Starbucks - newsletter from Organic Consumers Association
The Organic Consumers Association renews its Starbucks boycott, saying that apart from dropping rBGH milk in 2007 the chain has ignored 12 years of pressure to serve organic, non-GMO drinks and snacks. Starbucks uses more than 93 million gallons of milk a year.
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Register Now for GMO Speaker Training with Jeffrey Smith
Jeffrey Smith is offering an online course to train people to speak about the dangers he attributes to genetically modified foods, aimed at helping participants make evidence-based arguments to live audiences, media interviewers, clients and friends.
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Hell Hath No Fury - newsletter from Organic Consumers Association
Moms Across America and Thinking Moms Revolution want the EPA to recall Monsanto's Roundup during its glyphosate registration review; after about 10,000 calls, five leaders met nine EPA staff. The newsletter also says Tyson pays farmers a shrinking share of consumer dollars.
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Kick GMOs out of your food supply
The Institute for Responsible Technology opened a $5 million fundraising drive, with a video from Jeffrey Smith, aimed at removing GMOs from the food supply.
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Tell Congress and USDA to Stop GE Crop Field Trials!
A year after USDA announced that unapproved Roundup Ready wheat had contaminated an Oregon field and halted wheat exports, neither Congress nor USDA has acted, the alert says, and USDA still lets Monsanto run GE wheat field trials. It asks readers to demand a halt.
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