Posted on November 19, 2008 by Heather
Posted on November 14, 2008 by Heather
Genetically engineered animals may be heading to your local supermarket faster than you think. Though creating animals in a lab sounds like science fiction, it’s happening right now: Genetically engineered super salmon, which grow twice as fast as normal farmed salmon, goats engineered with spider genes to produce silk in their milk, and pigs engineered with mouse and bacterial DNA to improve digestion.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently accepting public comments on its draft guidance for the commercialization of such GE animals, opening the way for grocery stores to sell food made from genetically engineered animals. And the agency is proposing that these products be sold to you without your knowledge.
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Posted on November 13, 2008 by Heather
Vienna, Austria, November 13, 2008 - The Center for Food Safety cited results of an important study[1] released Monday by the Austrian government as cause for great concern over the long-term consumption of genetically engineered crops. The study found that mice fed a type of genetically engineered corn developed by the Monsanto Company produced fewer offspring than those fed conventional corn.
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Posted on November 5, 2008 by Heather
The Center for Food Safety today applauded California voters, who turned out in record numbers in favor of Proposition 2. In a striking victory, the measure passed with a nearly 2/3 majority. California becomes the first state in the country to ban battery cages, also known as “laying cages”, in which hens are kept in cramped containment and often subject to disease-ridden conditions. The state also joins four others in banning veal crates and two more in banning gestation crates, tight enclosures used to breed pigs. Â The Center was a principal co-sponsor of the measure, which was initiated by the Humane Society of the United States.
“The voters have spoken,” said Rebecca Spector, West Coast Director for the Center for Food Safety. “They’ve decided overwhelmingly that food safety and compassion for animals takes precedence over factory farm profits.” Read more »
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In the waning months of the Bush administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has joined the ranks of federal agencies rushing through new regulations that weaken protections for human health and the environment. USDA has released a proposed rule that would significantly weaken oversight of all genetically engineered crops, and which continue to allow companies to grow food crops engineered to produce drugs and industrial chemicals.
