An Environmental Working Group action alert asking readers to sign a petition pressing Monsanto, Kraft, General Mills, Kellogg's, DuPont and some 60 other companies to stop fighting labeling of genetically engineered ingredients.
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FAN's New Washington, D.C. Representative
FAN reports that councilors in Woodland, Washington voted 6-1 to stop fluoridating the town's water, and announces it has hired Dr. William Hirzy, a chemist newly retired from American University who previously worked at the EPA, to strengthen the group's position in Washington, D.C.
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Is Animal Treatment on Farms Our Business?
Martha Rosenberg argues that hidden-camera exposes have ended the era of “none-of-your-business” farming. Consumers now want to know how an animal lived, died and what it ate, and producers caught on video respond with escalating, contradictory defenses.
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Two Big Victories Down Under (against Fluoridation)
Mount Isa councillors voted unanimously on August 10 to drop plans to fluoridate water for nearly 25,000 residents, after a June referendum went 866 to 102 against. Lismore, New South Wales, then voted 6-4 to reverse its 2006 fluoridation decision.
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Register today for the fluoride free teleconference
An announcement inviting readers to register for the Fluoride Action Network's first free teleconference on August 11, featuring Paul Connett and campaigners from Wichita and Portland discussing their fluoridation ballot victories.
Law & Regulations
FDA defines “gluten-free” for food labeling
The FDA published a rule defining "gluten-free" for voluntary food labeling: a food must contain less than 20 parts per million of gluten, a standard that also covers "no gluten," "free of gluten" and "without gluten." Manufacturers have a year to bring labels into compliance.
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Safeway, Starbucks and Target: Stop Bankrolling Anti-GMO Food Labeling Efforts!
A petition asks Safeway, Starbucks and Target to stop funding the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the largest contributor to the campaign against Washington State's I-522 GMO labeling initiative. The GMA spent $2 million last year to defeat California's Proposition 37.
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The dangerous King amendment is back. Please help stop it!
An action alert urging readers to ask their senators and representative to strip the King amendment from the 2013 Farm Bill, arguing it would bar states from regulating agricultural production and could void state laws on pesticides, pollution and animal welfare.
Law & Regulations
FDA Consumer: Strengthening Oversight of Imported Foods
FDA proposed Foreign Supplier Verification and Accredited Third Party Certification rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act, shifting oversight of imported food toward prevention abroad rather than inspection at US ports. Imports make up 15% of the US food supply.
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URGENT! Please Contact Your Senator! neurotoxic food fumigant sulfuryl fluoride in your foods
An alert asks readers to urge their senators to oppose a House Appropriations rider, pushed by Dow AgroSciences, that would undo the EPA's ruling phasing out the food fumigant sulfuryl fluoride.
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Tell USDA: Revoke License of Animal Abusing Facility
An advocacy appeal asks readers to urge USDA to revoke the license of Santa Cruz Biotechnology, which bleeds goats and rabbits repeatedly to produce antibodies. It cites Animal Welfare Act citations, inadequate veterinary care and a concealed site housing 841 animals.
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Blatant new attack by Dow to save sulfuryl fluoride
A Fluoride Action Network alert says Dow AgroSciences is using the 2014 House Appropriations Bill to undo the EPA's 2011 decision to phase out the fumigant sulfuryl fluoride, which breaks down to fluoride that FAN says millions of American children already get above the safe reference dose for.
Law & Regulations
FDA poised to release guidance restricting outdoor access for organic poultry (favoring industrial-scale factory farms over family farms)
The FDA is releasing draft guidance for organic egg producers on complying with its 2010 salmonella rule, with a 60-day comment period. Critics say it targets outdoor access and wild birds, a low risk factor, rather than cages, flies, large flocks and forced molting.
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GMO, We have two choices
An advocacy piece argues Coca-Cola, General Mills and other food giants already make GMO-free versions for consumers in 64 other countries that demanded bans or labeling, while more than 80 percent of US processed foods carry genetically engineered ingredients.
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The Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act - A must win battle
An action alert urging readers to ask their senators to co-sponsor the Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act of 2013, which would limit livestock antibiotic use. It cites CDC figures of 2 million resistant infections and 90,000 deaths a year in the U.S.
Legal Actions
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund Files Appeal in Wisconsin Raw Milk Case
Wisconsin dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger was acquitted of three criminal charges over supplying a private buying club with raw milk, but convicted of violating a holding order and fined $1,000 plus costs. The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is appealing that fourth verdict.
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LAST DAY TO VOTE!! ON FLUORIDATION
A Fluoride Action Network appeal asking readers to vote for the group in a donation poll funded by Joseph Mercola before the 11 p.m. CST deadline, with gifts offered to supporters who vote and share, plus a sale on FAN T-shirts, tote bags and mugs.
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Monsanto, November, and You
The Organic Consumers Association asks for donations before Washington's I-522 GMO labeling vote, saying Mercola.com will match up to $150,000 raised by July 27, and warns that Monsanto, Dow, DuPont, Bayer and the Grocery Manufacturers Association are building a war chest to defeat it.
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