September 27, 2012 Consumers To Trader Joe’s: Stop Selling Meat Raised on Antibiotics Nearly 560,000 Consumers Sign Petition Calling On Grocer To Help End Farm Practice That Threatens Public Health NEW YORK, NY – At a news conference today in front of …
The Overuse of Antibiotics in Food Animals Threatens Public Health Antibiotics have been used since the 1940s and have led to a dramatic reduction in illness and death from infectious diseases. But according to the federal Interagency Task Force on …
November 12, 2012 Consumers Union Urges Major Reduction of Antibiotics in Food Animal Production To Protect Public Health Consumer Group Highlights The Overuse of Drugs In Food Animals During CDC’s “Get Smart About Antibiotics Week” YONKERS, NY -- …
Comments of Consumers Union on Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Antimicrobial Animal Drug Sales and Distribution Reporting Docket No. FDA-2012-N-0447 Prepared by Michael Hansen, Ph.D. Senior Scientist November 26, …
Wednesday, December 17, 2012 Trader Joe’s Urged to Get “Joe the Pig” Off Drugs For the Holidays Meat Without Drugs Campaign Makes Holiday Push In San Francisco To Convince Trader Joe’s to Stop Selling Meat Raised on Antibiotics SAN FRANCISCO, CA – At a …
December 21, 2012 Consumers Union Says FDA Assessment of GE Salmon Is Flawed and Inadequate Yonkers, NY -- Consumers Union, the advocacy and policy arm of Consumer Reports, criticized the Environmental Assessment (EA) of the Aquabounty genetically …
Friday, January 4, 2013 Consumers Union: New rules "go to the heart" of food safety problems WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released two long-awaited proposed rules to improve food safety, one aimed at produce …
Thursday, January 24, 2013 Consumers Union calls on EPA to ban arsenic-containing pesticides Congress-directed review could delay needed action for years; Public still waiting for guidance on arsenic in apple juice WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A National Academy of …
CONSUMERS UNION’S DR. MICHAEL HANSEN TO TESTIFY TOMORROW FEBRUARY 14, 10:00 AM AT WASHINGTON STATE HEARING ON LABELING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD February 13, 2013 - Michael K. Hansen Ph.D., a Senior Staff Scientist with Consumers Union, the public policy …
February 14, 2013 Consumers Union Brings Meat Without Drugs Campaign to Santa Cruz Trader Joe’s on Valentine’s Day Campaign Aims to Convince Trader Joe’s to Stop Selling Meat Poultry Raised on Antibiotics SANTA CRUZ, CA – Consumers Union, the policy and …
September 20, 2012 Dr. Margaret Hamburg Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20993 Michael R. Taylor Deputy Commissioner for Foods U.S. Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver …
Reasons for Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods March 19, 2012 TO: AMA Council on Science and Public Health FROM: Michael Hansen, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Consumer Reports RE: Resolutions 508 (Illinois) and 509 (Indiana) Supporting …
April 24, 2012 Consumers Union statement on BSE positive cow Consumers Union is seriously concerned by the announcement today of a new case of mad cow disease in a cow from Central California. This raises three important questions about the safety of …
Comments of Consumers Union on Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Final rule on New Animal Drugs; Cephalosporin drugs; Extralabel Animal Drug Use; Order of Prohibition Docket Number FDA-2008-N-0326 March 6, 2012 Introduction In July 2008, the …
Comments of Consumers Union on United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) Final determination on Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Certain Raw Beef Products Docket Number FSIS—2010—0023 Prepared by …
August 5, 2011 Consumers Union Calls on USDA to Tighten Salmonella Standard In Wake of Outbreak in Ground Turkey; Asks Congress to Give USDA Recall Authority Yonkers, N.Y.—Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports , today called …
Comments of Consumers Union on Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Proposed National Agreement Regulating Leafy Green Vegetables; Recommended Decision and Opportunity to File Written Exceptions to Proposed Marketing Agreement No. 970 Docket No. AO-FV-09 …
July 5, 2011 Consumer Rights Victory as US Ends Opposition to GM Labeling Guidelines Twenty Year Struggle Within Global Food Safety Body Ends with Consumer Rights Milestone Move Clears Way for Greater Monitoring of the Effects of GM Organisms …
July 5, 2011 Consumer Rights Victory as US Ends Opposition to GM Labeling Guidelines Twenty Year Struggle Within Global Food Safety Body Ends with Consumer Rights Milestone Move Clears Way for Greater Monitoring of the Effects of GM Organisms …
June 22, 2011 Consumers Union & Environmental Working Group Commend CA Senate Health Committee for Passing BPA Ban; Urge Swift Passage by Senate Sacramento, CA—Consumers Union, nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports , and the Environmental …
