A lawsuit filed by the Center for Food Safety against the USDA argues that the 2019 GMO labeling regulation will leave the majority of GMO-derived foods unlabeled, discriminate against tens of millions of Americans, prohibit the use of the widely known terms “GMO” and “GE”, and prohibit retailers from providing more information to consumers.
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The Organic Consumers Association has sued Happy Egg Co. for false, deceptive and misleading advertising claims related to the use of the term “pasture-raised.”
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Center for Food Safety’s lawsuit asserts that the FDA used the wrong legal standard when it reviewed and approved GE-heme to be used in raw Impossible Burgers sold in grocery stores.
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Hydroponics is a complete violation of Section 6513 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, and this growing method cannot be allowed in organic.
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Marine Corps Sergeant Colin Archipley and his wife Karen say Whole Foods Market broke their contract and nearly shattered their dreams of running a successful organic hydroponic farm.
Dave Chapman, Executive Director of The Real Organic Project, an organization that fights against hydroponics being allowed in organic, gives his take on the matter.
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This case is just the the latest in recent years against several kombucha companies alleging that their labeling does not match what is actually in the bottle.
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As widely predicted, the plaintiff’s bar has turned its attention to the burgeoning CBD category with a series of lawsuits alleging that products contain “significantly lower levels of CBD than advertised.”
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The Center for Food Safety and Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration for approving the use of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides and pesticide-intensive genetically engineered crops on national wildlife refuges.
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A lawsuit alleging that Nestlé USA is misleading shoppers with its ‘No GMO Ingredients’ seal has been allowed to proceed.
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The USDA announced the discovery of unapproved GMO wheat plants in Washington state and said there is no evidence that it had entered the food supply.
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A jury in California has awarded a couple $2 billion for Monsanto’s Roundup causing them cancer, the third legal victory of its kind.
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As a result of the Center for Food Safety’s lawsuit against the EPA’s approval of dozens of neonic pesticides, these bee-killing pesticides will be off the market next year.
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Bareburger, which sells organic burgers alongside the GMO Impossible Burger, is now facing a class action lawsuit for deceptive marketing.
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The USDA has been allowing hydroponics in organic — a complete violation of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. This morning, Center for Food Safety filed a legal petition with the USDA to stop this from happening. We will be covering this development in much more detail in next week’s Organic Insider.
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A $1.5 billion class-action lawsuit settlement against Syngenta was approved by a Kansas federal judge, of which $503M will go to the lawyers.
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The dairy industry continues its attack on plant-based companies, with the target now being Miyoko’s Kitchen and its use of “butter” on its products.
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The German chemical giant wants the recent $289M glyphosate verdict overturned and is seeking a new trial.
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The Organic Consumers Association has sued the restaurant chain Pret a Manger because some of its “natural” food products have tested positive for glyphosate.
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A detailed look into what is going with the lawsuit that the Center for Food Safety and the Center for Environmental Health have filed against the USDA for failing to enact federal GMO-labeling standards.
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The Center for Food Safety has filed a motion for summary judgment on its federal lawsuit against the USDA for failing to issue the GMO food disclosure law by the mandatory deadline of July 29, 2018.
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The Cornucopia Institute sent a formal request to antitrust regulators asking them to scrutinize the sale of Hain Celestial’s organic/natural poultry division, claiming that, depending on who acquires it, the effect could harm competition in the already highly concentrated organic poultry sector.
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Barely alive, David Johnson is the first of 800 victims to sue Monsanto for causing him cancer.
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The Cornucopia Institute just released a formal request to antitrust regulators asking them to scrutinize Tyson Foods’ acquisition of organic poultry brand Smart Chicken, claiming it will irreparably harm competition in the sector.
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Nutiva founder/CEO and hemp pioneer John Roulac discusses the pending legislation in Congress which would legalize industrial hemp farming and what it would mean for the industry.
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