Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed a GMO labeling bill on May 8, and the Grocery Manufacturers Association confirmed the next day it will sue to overturn it. The Organic Consumers Association urges a boycott and warns of a bill in Congress to preempt state labeling laws.
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How much sugar is in your cereal?
EWG analyzed sugar content in more than 1,500 cereals, including over 180 marketed to children, and reports that a daily bowl of kids' cereal adds up to 10 pounds of sugar a year. Eleven of the 13 most heavily sugared children's cereals carry claims such as 'Good Source of Fiber.'
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Every State Counts: Help Us Label GMO Foods in Colorado, Before It's Too Late!
A fundraising and volunteer appeal for the Right to Know Colorado 2014 ballot initiative on GMO labeling, citing laws passed in Connecticut and Vermont, the federal preemption bill its authors call the DARK Act, and the grocery industry's threatened lawsuit against Vermont.
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Keep Monsanto Running Scared
A Center for Food Safety fundraising appeal argues Americans eat genetically engineered food without knowing it, cites more than 90 percent public support for labels and Vermont's newly signed labeling law, and asks readers to donate toward state and federal labeling campaigns.
Law & Regulations
FDA and USDA Sign MOU to Facilitate the Transfer of Primary Regulatory Oversight for Siluriformes Fish and Fish Products from FDA to FSIS
At Congress's instruction, the FDA and USDA's FSIS signed a memorandum of understanding to phase in the transfer of primary regulatory oversight of Siluriformes fish, including catfish, basa, pangasius and swai, to FSIS. FDA keeps oversight of all other fish.
Advisories
USDA Food Safety Tips for Midwest and Great Plains Residents Affected by Severe Weather
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued food safety advice for Midwest and Great Plains residents facing severe storms, urging appliance thermometers in the refrigerator and freezer, at 40F or below and 0F or below, and pointing to its power outage guides.
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Big Food Pushes Weaker Organic Standards
The Organic Consumers Association says the USDA's National Organic Program changed its sunset policy in a way that makes it harder to phase synthetics out of organic food, and credits pressure with holding the October 2014 deadline on streptomycin in apples and pears.
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Turmoil Shakes National Organic Standards Board Meeting in Texas
Protests, an arrest and parliamentary maneuvers opened the USDA National Organic Standards Board's San Antonio meeting. The board deferred many agenda items to fall 2014, and some members challenged USDA's authority over governance changes imposed without the usual public review.
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Congress Introduces Landmark Cosmetic Animal Testing Ban
Rep. Jim Moran introduced the Humane Cosmetics Act, which would end cosmetics testing on animals in the US and bar sales of products tested on animals elsewhere. The Physicians Committee, citing a survey where three in four Americans back a ban, asks readers to contact Congress.
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Five Tips for New Moms
FDA pediatrician Donna L. Snyder offers new parents advice on medicines: ask a health care provider before giving a baby any drug, check the dose, store medications out of a crawling child's reach, and follow storage instructions such as refrigerating certain antibiotics.
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It’s Time to Take Back the Organic Community
The Cornucopia Institute urges organic supporters to nominate true organic representatives to the National Organic Standards Board by May 15, arguing that agribusiness buyers of organic brands have used lobbying and a receptive USDA to bend the label toward industrial models.
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Divest from Monsanto this Friday, May 9th!!
The Institute for Responsible Technology joins Food Democracy Now! in urging readers to check whether their mutual, retirement or pension funds hold Monsanto stock, and promotes May 9 flash mob protests at Fidelity offices, which hold more than $3.2 billion in the shares.
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Take the Monsanto stock plunge - tell Wall Street to Dump Monsanto!
Food Democracy Now's divestment campaign urges readers to check mutual funds, 401(k)s and pensions for Monsanto shares and sell them, and announces May 9 flash mob protests at Fidelity offices, which it says hold more than $3.2 billion of the stock.
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Uncovering the truth
An EWG fundraising letter citing Norwegian findings of extreme Roundup levels in 70% of GE soybeans and pesticide residues on 65% of USDA produce samples. It asks for $50,000 by May 11 and offers a Shopper's Guide bag tag for donations of $10 or more.
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Stop the power grab for organics!
The Organic Consumers Association reports its political director was handcuffed on April 29 while protesting USDA changes to how the National Organic Program approves and removes non-organic materials. Senator Leahy, Rep. DeFazio and former NOSB chairs have written to Secretary Vilsack against it.
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OCA Political Director Arrested - newsletter from Organic Consumer Association
An Organic Consumers Association newsletter reporting that political director Alexis Baden-Mayer was handcuffed on April 29 after refusing to end a protest over changes to USDA National Organic Program policy, and previewing a new Organic and Natural Health Trade Association.
Advisories
USDA Food Safety Tips for Florida Panhandle and Coastal Alabama Residents Affected by Flooding
USDA's FSIS issued food safety advice after a storm dropped up to 20 inches of rain on Pensacola, Fla. in 24 hours and left as many as 30,000 residents without power, pointing to its guides and video on keeping refrigerated and frozen food safe during outages.
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USDA Food Safety Tips for States in the South and Midwest Affected by Severe Storms
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued guidance for Southern and Midwestern states hit by tornadoes. For power outages it advises appliance thermometers in the refrigerator and freezer, 40F or lower and 0F or lower, and freezing water in small containers before a storm.
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