Yes on Proposition 37, California Right to Know For Immediate Release: September 25, 2012? Contact: Stacy Malkan, 510-542-9224, stacy@carighttoknow.org? Russia today suspended the import and use of Monsanto’s genetically engineered corn, following a study released last week that found serious health problems in rats fed this corn, according to the Wall Street Journal. Last week, the French government called for an investigation…
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September 16, 2012 California’s Prop 37, the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act, will require the labeling of genetically modified (GM) and genetically engineered (GE) foods. The list of those organizations, newspapers and pundits calling for support of Prop 37 continues to grow. The latest voice to join the chorus is Mark Bittman, blogger for the New York Times….
By Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Director of the Center for Food Safety Co-Authored by Colin O’Neil, Regulatory Policy Analyst at the Center for Food Safety Reprinted by permission of the Center for Food Safety The agricultural biotech industry — well, let’s call it what it really is: the chemical industry — has gone on the offensive as never before with…
Thanks to Linda Bonvie, blogger for the Citizens for Health project Food Identity Theft, for the following post. For the past several months, we here at Food Identity Theft have urged our readers to submit their comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the Corn Refiners Association’s petition to allow the name “high fructose corn syrup” to be…
New National Survey Shows Majority of Americans United on Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food Media contact: Sue McGovern sue@mcgov.com Direct: 781-648-7157 Cell: 781-315-3400 Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2012) – The Just Label It (JLI) Campaign announced today that a record-breaking one million Americans of all political persuasions have called on the FDA to label genetically engineered (GE) foods. The…
Washington, D.C. – Citizens for Health is excited to announce we have joined an effort with hundreds of organizations representing millions of Americans called the “Just Label It: We Have A Right to Know” campaign. The core of the campaign is a petition to the FDA that calls for products that use ingredients produced with genetic engineering to disclose this…
Contact: Gene Grabowski (202) 270-6560 Email: ggrabowski@levick.com Consumer Deception at Issue in False Advertising Case LOS ANGELES — (October 22, 2011) – A federal judge has ruled that the case brought by American sugar farmers against big corn processors to stop their false advertising about high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) must go forward. According to U.S. District Judge Consuelo B….
Food Packaging Deceptions Threaten National Food Integrity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Primary Media Contact: Kevin Sanchez Hollenbeck Associates (415) 227-1150 ext. 10 kevin@hollenbeckassociates.com WASHINGTON, DC – Even as more American families are trying to make healthier diet choices, many duplicitous food makers are contributing to the spread of Food Identity Theft. Despite government safeguards and restrictions, dozens of…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Adam Eidinger 202-744-2671 adam@right2knowmarch.org Right2Know March Announces Events During 313 Mile Walk to the White House for Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food Coalition Demands a “Reset” by Obama Administration on GMO Labeling NEW YORK, NY – In two days a diverse coalition of organizations, businesses and individuals will begin to march from the Historic Flatbush…
September 20, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James J. Gormley, VP and Senior Policy Advisor, Citizens for Health Phone: 202.695.2027; email: jamesgormley01@gmail.com Washington, D.C. – Citizens for Health (CFH) today launched an action campaign to join with our 100,000 supporters and the rest of the health freedom movement in opposing the FDA’s “Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary…