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4 Jul 2013, 7:23 am by Bill Marler
All states have regulations requiring health care providers to report cases of listeriosis and public health officials try to interview all persons with listeriosis promptly using a standard questionnaire about high risk foods. [read post]
20 Jun 2013, 12:14 am by Mischa Popoff
” Subsection (c) stipulates that “The producer must manage plant and animal materials…in a manner that does not contribute to contamination of crops [or] soil. [read post]
28 Feb 2011, 1:12 pm by WIMS
The Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and Intervenors Monsanto et al. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 1:22 pm by Steven M. Taber
Tetra Micronutrients’ facility also violated inspection and review requirements of its Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), the inspection found. [read post]
17 Aug 2010, 2:59 am
Vilsack to put Monsanto's Genuity Roundup Ready sugar beets back under USDA regulation, but did not impose any immediate ban on further planting, cultivation, and processing as plaintiffs led by the Center for Food Safety wanted.By denying the plaintiffs' motion for a permanent injunction, Judge White took sugar beet growers off the hook this year, and put the ball back in the court of USDA's Animal and Plant Health… [read post]
19 Jul 2010, 3:37 pm by Steven M. Taber
According to a consent agreement and final order filed in Kansas City, Kan., EPA Region 7 staff conducted an inspection of the Wichita plant in July 2006 and noted a series of violations of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which regulates the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal and management of hazardous wastes. [read post]
22 Jun 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) deregulated Roundup Ready alfalfa--otherwise known as a Finding of No Significant Impact--the agency did not prepare an Environmental Impact Statement, which environmental groups maintain is a violation of federal law. [read post]
10 May 2010, 2:59 am
  Those who care about health--their personal health, the environment's health, and the health of local economies--must understand that the fate of healthy local food is on the line. [read post]
1 May 2010, 2:09 pm by Susan Schneider
In 2004, Monsanto and Forage Genetics petitioned the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for non-regulated status of their RRA seed so they could move forward with widespread commercial production.In 2005, APHIS prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) on the petition and made a finding of "no significant impact" which allowed it to move forward without preparing a complete environmental impact statement. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 2:59 am
The discussion before the High Court this week (pdf) focused largely on whether that district court rightly issued a permanent injunction prohibiting the sale of Monsanto's Roundup Ready Alfalfa until the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service prepared an Economic Impact Statement. [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 3:17 pm by admin
– Environmental Protection, February 26, 2010 United Parcel Service has agreed to pay a $53,931 civil penalty to U.S. [read post]
31 Oct 2009, 4:06 pm by admin
Judge Graham also required Corn Plus to implement an Environmental Compliance Plan and a Code of Conduct as well as retain a full-time Environmental Health and Safety manager. . [read post]
1 Oct 2009, 5:48 pm by admin
—  Heather, The Center for Food Safety, September 22, 2009 In a case brought by Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice representing a coalition of farmers and consumers, a Federal Court ruled yesterday that the Bush USDA’s approval of genetically engineered (GE) “RoundUp Ready” sugar beets was unlawful. [read post]