The Regulators

• Letter to Obama regarding the Food Safety Working Group

• Congress: Food safety system must be fixed

• Comments on nanotechnology and organic agriculture

• House focuses on industry's role in food safety

• Obama picks Hamburg, Sharfstein for FDA

• CU letter to Senator Durbin regarding FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

• Merrigan nominated Deputy Secretary of Ag.

• Consumers Union's agenda for the 111th Congress

• CU urges expanded testing for melamine

• Safety risks in infant formula produced in the United States

• Statement by CU on USDA Secretary-Designate Tom Vilsack

• Groups write Obama about the next Ag Secretary

• CU testimony on product tracing for fresh produce

• CR Poll: Two-thirds of Americans want FDA to inspect domestic, foreign food supply

• "Fed Ex Model” needed for traceability for produce

• Food safety advocates identify top food risks

• USDA to disclose stores that sold recalled meat

• Increased inspections needed for produce

• New authority and funding needed for FDA

• Congress moves forward to protect food supply

• Groups urge USDA to disclose outlets involved in recall of beef from Hallmark/Westland

• CU urges outlets which sold tainted beef disclosed

• Congress should require labeling of cloned food

• Coalition condemns FDA plans for cloned foods

• Safety of leafy greens agreement opposed

• CU Comments on USDA Proposal to Use Federal Marketing Agreement to Oversee Safety of Leafy Greens

• Hormones on cows: Consumers want to know

• Consumer groups challenge veto of cloned food bill

• More resources needed for CPSC, FDA

• CU launches new site about hazardous products

• Can We Trust What We Eat?

• CU proposal: Protect consumers from imports

• Food safety system needs drastic overhaul

• CU calls for stronger FDA to protect food imports

• CU opposes "Farm Bill", H.R. 2419

• CU’s response to import safety report

• CU discusses Food and Drug Import Safety Act

• Consumer groups call for safety of imports

• CU opposes the state-inspected meat provisions in the “Farm Bill”

• Farm bill could restrict state food safety agencies

• California agency gearing up for public notification of recalled beef and poultry

• Language in the proposed farm bill could have seriously negative consequences

• CU Calls for Greater Funds, Oversight to Protect Nation's Food Supply

• CU calls for mandatory safety measures for fresh produce

• CU supports "Cloned Food Labeling Act"

• CU urges Congress to change date of implementing mandatory country-of-origin labeling for meat, produce & peanut butter

• Salmonella Outbreak Shows Food Safety System Flaws

• CU Calls for Single Food Agency

• Letter to Congress opposing the Food "Uniformity" bill

• Groups urge Congress to oppose Food "Uniformity" bill

• Letter urges Schwarzenegger to sign bill on meat recalls

• Poll: Majority of Californians oppose secrecy of hazardous meat recalls

• Comments to the Food Safety Inspection Service about proposal to make public the names of the stores involved in meat recalls

• Without hearings, House OKs bill that kills 200 state food safety laws

• Myths vs. truth about HR 4167, National Uniformity for Food Act

• CU opposes the "National Uniformity for Food Act"

• CU Derides Dark-of-Night Weakening of Organic Law

• FDA's proposal on animal feed leaves nation vulnerable to mad cow

• What's all the fuss about the Canadian border and beef imports?

• Feds asked to retest suspected mad cow after crucial test omitted

• Senate must ask tough questions of FDA nominee to ensure safety

• Letter to Senators and op ed on appointment of FDA commissioner

• U.S. and Canadian governments not protecting public from mad cow risk

• When it comes to food safety, who's watching the watchdogs?

• Consumers Union says FDA action overdue on mad cow risk

• Bill hindering states' ability to protect food safety advances

• Schwarzenegger fails to end secrecy over tainted meat recalls

• FDA reneges on promise to quickly reduce mad cow risk in feed

• USDA failing at every turn on mad cow disease

• Congress Urged to Investigate Failure to Test Suspicious Cow

• USDA Fails to Test Suspicious Cow for Mad Cow Disease

• USDA Should Allow Companies to Test for Mad Cow

• California Lawmakers Target Secrecy of Contaminated Meat Recalls

• California Proposes Testing All Cattle for Mad Cow Disease

• CU: USDA Announcement of More Mad Cow Testing Still Inadequate to Protect Public Health

• The Impact of Mad Cow Disease in California

• Consumers Union Mad Cow Disease Survey

• 6 in 10 Consumers Back Testing for Mad Cow

• CU Supports Legislation on “Downed” Animals

• Letter to the USDA Regarding Increased Testing for Mad Cow

• CU Statement On Mad Cow Disease Found In Canada

• Canada's Problem - and America's

• CU Comments: Draft "Guidance for Industry: Drugs, Biologics, and Medical Devices Derived from Bioengineered Plants

• CU Says National Academy of Sciences Report Underlines the Need for Labeling and Safety Tests of Genetically Engineered Animals

• Science-based Approaches to Assessing Allergenicity of New Proteins in Genetically Engineered Foods

• CU Comments on Scrapie Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules

• CU's comments on Premarket Notice Concerning Bioengineered Foods

• Study shows one-third of pesticides used in Texas local parks are moderately or highly toxic

• Pesticides In Parks: Study Ranks Midland Ranks First In Pesticide Use

• Pesticides in Parks: Dallas Suburbs Score Poorly

• Letter to the Food Safety Inspection Service of the USDA regarding Mad Cow Disease

• A Report Card for the EPA: Successes and Failures in Implementing the Food Quality Protection Act

• Comments on Biotechnology in the year 2000 and beyond

• CU praises EPA phaseout of the pesticide Diazinon

• Comments concerning Starlink corn

• Letter To President Clinton Urging Not To Approve Starlink For Human Consumption In Regards To Corn Recall

• Comments on the human health and product characterization sections of EPA's Bt Plant-Pesticides Biopesticides Registration

• Consumer And Environmental Groups Demand EPA Delay Re-Registration Of All Genetically Engineered Bt Corn Crops

• The future of food: Biotechnology and consumer confidence

• Towards A More Precautionary And More Scientific Approach To Risk Assessment: A Consumer Perspective

• CU calls for phase out of pesticide, Diazinon

• Comments on the USDA proposed rule on the National Organic Program

• CU report: Pesticide residues still too high in children's foods

• CU praises EPA decision on Chlorpyrifos

• CU labels FDA's new policy for genetically engineered foods "disappointing"

• Letter To The U.S. Secretary Of Agriculture And The Environmental Protection Agency Administrator

• Opposition Letter to Congress Regarding the Regulatory Fairness and Openness Act

• HB 257, Nongerminating Genetically Engineered Seed - Prohibition

• CU Supports Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Bill Sponsored By Senator Boxer

• Science, Precaution And Food Safety: How Can We Do Better?

• JMPR Statement on Sensitivity Of Infants And Children To Pesticides

• U.S. and Europe Agree to Disagree on Safety of Dairy Hormone

• Friday's House Floor Amendment Poses Health Risks for Texans Who Eat Raw Oysters

• Safe Food Coalition charges USDA proposal on poultry is "Faux Food Safety"

• FDA's Safety Assessment of Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone

• Uncontrolled Factory Farm Manure Causes Pollution and Threatens Health

• The Role of Science and "Other Factors" in Codex Decisions

• Key Points From: The Role Of Science And "Other Factors" In Codex Decisions

• Consumers Union Praises Report on Food Safety

• Risk Management and the Codex Process: A Consumer Perspective

• Report to the FDA Regarding Plastic Packaging

• Testimony to the National Academy of Sciences on Improvements for US Food Safety System

• Consumers Union Comments on Docket No. TMD-94-00-2 National Organic Program

• Sen. Harkin Lauds Consumers Union for Endorsing His Food Safety Legislation

• Consumer Reports Finds 71 Percent of Store-Bought Chicken Contains Harmful Bacteria

• Facing Our Fears