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Reports - Center for Food Safety
WEBEmpowering People & Defending the Earth: 25th Anniversary Victory Report
About Us - Center for Food Safety
WEBAbout Center for Food Safety. Center for Food Safety's mission is to empower people, support farmers, and protect the earth from the harmful impacts of industrial agriculture. Through groundbreaking legal, scientific, and grassroots action, we protect and promote your right to safe food and the environment. CFS's successful legal cases ...
Fungicides - Center for Food Safety
WEBFungicides are chemicals designed to treat or prevent plant disease. They can be sprayed on crops, applied to soil, or coated onto seeds together with insecticides. Fungicides have traditionally been applied mainly to fruits and vegetables. Over the past 15 years, however, the use of these potent chemicals has exploded on large-acreage field ...
GE Food & Your Health - Center for Food Safety
WEBThe agency’s failure to require testing or labeling of GE foods has made millions of consumers into guinea pigs, unknowingly testing the safety of dozens of gene-altered food products. The FDA, in its response to a lawsuit filed by the Center for Food Safety in 1998, admitted in court that it had made “no dispositive scientific findings ...
Food Safety & Food Recalls - Center for Food Safety
WEBThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for the regulation and safety standards of approximately 80 percent of the food supply in the U.S., as well as the safety of pet foods. The remaining 20 percent, primarily meat, poultry and some egg products, is regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and ...
Center for Food Safety | Press Releases | | Center for Food Safety ...
WEBWASHINGTON—Center for Food Safety (CFS) is endorsing the Toxic Free Foods Act, legislation re-introduced last week by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) that would overhaul the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) process for determining the safety of chemicals used in the food supply.For years, FDA has allowed food manufacturers to designate various …
About Genetically Engineered Foods - Center for Food Safety
WEBCurrently, up to 92% of U.S. corn is genetically engineered (GE), as are 94% of soybeans and 94% of cotton [1] (cottonseed oil is often used in food products). It has been estimated that upwards of 75% of processed foods on supermarket shelves – from soda to soup, crackers to condiments – contain genetically engineered ingredients. By ...
1. Eat Fresh, Unprocessed Foods - Center for Food Safety
WEBIn the U.S. we have dramatically increased the amount of energy that is required to produce food, partly because of food processing and packaging. It’s estimated that upwards of 75% of processed foods contain genetically engineered ingredients like corn, soy, canola, cottonseed oil and sugar, which rely upon fossil-fuel intensive chemical ...
Frequently Asked Questions: COVID-19 and Food Safety
WEBApr 10, 2020 — The Institute for Food Safety at Cornell University states that, "Yes, the coronavirus is killed by cooking to the safe minimum cooking temperatures specified by FDA and USDA." Read more about the minimum cooking temperatures for different foods. To date, there have been no known cases of COVID-19 being contracted from food or …