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US supermarkets fail to stop antibiotic misuse
A US report reviewing supermarket meat supply chains has revealed that the majority are not doing enough to stop the excessive use of antibiotics in livestock.
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CFS says FDA is forgetting key considerations in its food chemical safety process
A group of health, environmental and consumer organisations in the US are questioning whether the FDA is undertaking its legal obligation to assess the cumulative impact of chemicals that are added to food.
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Court overturns EPA approval of herbicide due to “understated risk”
The Court found that EPA “refused to estimate the amount of dicamba damage” by characterising the herbicide's damage as ‘potential’ and ‘alleged,’ while the record showed it as "substantial and undisputed.”
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Food organisations file legal action to protect US meat workforce
Center for Food Safety and Food Chain Workers Alliance have claimed that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has a duty to issue a standard to protect workers in meatpacking facilities amid COVID-19.
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Farmers and conservationists challenge pesticide approval
Four organisations representing farmers and conservationists have challenged EPA's approval of the pesticide, XtendiMax.
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Trump administration challenged on farm air pollution decision
The EPA is being sued by environmental agencies for exempting factory farms for producing air pollution information.
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USDA releases final regulations on mandatory disclosure of food produced using genetic engineering
CSF claims regulations include provisions that will, "... leave the majority of GMO derived foods unlabelled; discriminate against more than 100 million Americans; and prohibit the use of the widely known terms 'GMO' and 'GE'."
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USDA reveals proposed GMO labelling guidelines
The proposals are open for comment until July 3. They are due to be finally issued just four weeks later on July 29.
