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FDA refuses to reconsider decision on hazardous chemical in food packaging
Opinion Today, the FDA doubled-down on its flawed 2005 and 2017 decisions to allow the hazardous chemical perchlorate to be added to dry food packaging. The FDA denied a request for a public hearing...
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Largest School Districts Going With Antibiotic-Free Chicken
On Tuesday evening, the Urban School Food Alliance announced its new antibiotic-free standard for companies to follow when supplying chicken products to its schools. The Alliance is a coalition of the...
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Report Ranks Antibiotics Policies at Fast Food Chains
Only Chipotle and Panera get an A grade on antibiotics policies and sourcing practices, and most other fast food chains fail, according to a report by the Friends of the Earth, Natural Resources...
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Wyoming Data Trespass Laws Challenged in Federal Court
A federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the State of Wyoming by activist groups over recently enacted data trespass laws in the Cowboy State. State data trespass laws make it illegal to collect...
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Subway to Phase Out Poultry Products Raised With Antibiotics
Subway Restaurants announced Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, that its 27,000-plus outlets in the United States will start transitioning early next year to serving poultry products made only from turkeys and...
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EPA May Ban Insecticide Over Water Quality Issues, Not Food
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says there are no risks to humans from exposure to the common insecticide chlorpyrifos from food, but the agency has nonetheless asked for public comment...
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What Subway Serves for Lunch Can Help Save Lives
Antibiotics have been making lots of headlines in the past year as restaurant chains increasingly announce plans to phase out their routine use in meat and poultry supply chains. Panera and Chipotle...
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2015 in Review: Animal Antibiotics
It’s difficult to summarize what happened on the animal antibiotics front this year. There were lots of pledges, lots of discussions and lots of reports, but not very many actions. Still, we still...
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New EPA administrator refuses to ban pesticide chlorpyrifos
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt earlier this week signed an order denying a petition that sought to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used in U.S. agriculture....
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Wyoming can’t block free speech at private property lines
Scott Skavdahl, the federal judge in Casper, WY, has to decide how to balance free speech and private property rights. That’s a task the U.S. District Court judge did not have to take up last year when...
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Settlement in CAFO Clean Water Act Case
Environmental groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached a settlement yesterday requiring the agency to propose a rule on greater information gathering on factory farms, otherwise...
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FDA Sued for Failure to Regulate BPA
The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) citing the FDA’s failure to act on a petition to ban the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food...
View ArticleFDA Agrees to Respond on BPA Risk by March 31
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to decide by March 31, 2012 whether bisphenol A, the controversial chemical known as BPA, should be banned from use in food and beverage packaging. The...
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Confusing Food Date Labels Lead to Unnecessary Food Waste
This originally appeared on Switchboard, the staff blog for the Natural Resources Defense Council, on Sept. 18. Here’s a surprising little secret: You know all those dates you see on food products —...
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Study: Early BPA Exposure Increases Risk of Prostate Cancer
Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used to harden plastics, has been used since the 1960s to make a number of consumer goods such as bottles and cans. In the past several years, potential health risks...
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Three Members of Congress Seek Ban on BPA in Food Packaging
Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Reps. Lois Capps (D-CA) and Grace Meng (D-NY) are calling for a ban on Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used to harden plastics and commonly found in food packaging. “The...
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Ruling on FDA’s Oversight of Animal Antibiotic Use Called a ‘Big Blow to...
In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not required to hold hearings concerning the safety of feeding...
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FDA Asked to Ban Certain Chemicals Used in Pizza Boxes, Other Packaging
Nine consumer and environmental health groups petitioned the Food and Drug Administration this week seeking a ban on the use of certain chemicals in food packaging. The petitions target perchlorate,...
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