Food/Water
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CONTACT: Consumers Union and Consumer Federation of America |
CU & CFA: Materials Made From BPA Should Not Be Used in Food and Beverage Containers
FDA's Assessment of BPA Is Inadequate Given Mounting Scientific Evidence;
CU to Testify Before FDA on Issue on September 16
YONKERS, N.Y. - September 15 - Consumers Union (CU) and Consumer Federation of America (CFA) today announced that the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) draft assessment of bisphenol A (BPA) as safe for food contact applications does not adequately account for the large body of mounting scientific evidence to the contrary. In addition, CU and CFA believe that materials made with BPA should not be used in any food or beverage containers and should be replaced with safer alternatives.
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CONTACT: Consumers Union |
Consumers Union Lauds Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling Finally Implemented on All Fresh Produce, Meat & Poultry in the US
Concerns Raised About Exemptions for Meat & Poultry Sold in Butcher Shops and Fish Markets, Processed and Mixed Products
“COOL Tool” Online: CU Guide Helps Consumers Understand COOL
YONKERS, NY - September 12 - Consumers Union today hailed the long-awaited implementation of mandatory federal country of origin labeling (COOL) on all meats, fish, poultry and produce sold in retail stores in the United States beginning September 30, 2008. Mandatory COOL for meats, fish, produce and peanuts became law in the United States in 2002. But under pressure from industry, Congress delayed implementation of all but the seafood labeling until October 2008. A Consumer Reports poll released last year found that 92 percent of Americans agree that imported foods should be labeled by their country of origin.
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CONTACT: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) |
Need to Fix Food Aid to Tackle the Crisis of Childhood Malnutrition
Symposium on malnutrition brings hundreds of international experts to Columbia University Medical Center
NEW YORK - September 11 - Hundreds of international food aid and nutrition experts, representatives from donor institutions and aid organizations, and political leaders gathered in New York today to try to better tackle the scourge of global childhood malnutrition-a neglected crisis that contributes to the unnecessary deaths of 3.5 to five million children under five every year and leaves millions more with life-long disabilities.
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CONTACT: The Cornucopia Institute |
Almond Growers and Handlers File Federal Lawsuit Seeking to End 'Adulteration' of Raw Nuts
Lawsuit Would Halt Treatment of Almonds With Toxic Fumigant or Steam Heat
WASHINGTON - September 10 - A group of fifteen American almond growers and wholesale nut handlers filed a lawsuit in the Washington, D.C. federal court on Tuesday, September 9 seeking to repeal a controversial USDA-mandated treatment program for California-grown raw almonds.
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CONTACT: Environmental Working Group (EWG) |
Congress Poised to Cut Conservation Funds That Aided Farm Bill’s Passage
More Than 40,000 Farmers Denied Funds to Reduce Pollution From Their Farms
WASHINGTON - September 9 - September 9, 2008. Behind the thin green gloss Congressional leaders spread across the subsidy-laden 2008 farm bill, the Democratic Congress is now hacking away at pledges to expand conservation and other environmental programs. Data analyzed by the Environmental Working Group show that Congress is trying to roll back funding increases in critical conservation and environmental programs, funding pledged in the farm law passed just weeks ago.
