Action Alert: Get Carrageenan Out of Organic Foods!
September 17, 2026
Abbott Laboratories Shareholders Set To Vote on Non-GMO Policy Cornucopia, WI – Shareholders of Abbott Laboratories will vote on whether the manufacturer of Similac, a leading brand of infant formula, should adopt a policy of sourcing ingredients that have not been genetically engineered. The vast majority of corn and soy-based ...
FoodSentry.Org Food Sentry continues its analysis of international food safety violations. We recently reported our initial findings after analyzing nearly 1,000 reported food violation incidents in 73 countries. Lab testing results from foreign sources were reviewed and our preliminary findings indicated that the top five countries with the most violations ...
SciDevNet By Richa Malhotra In an unexpected trade-off, the cultivation of cotton that has been genetically engineered to reduce caterpillar damage by producing its own insecticide has been linked to higher numbers of another pest — aphids. Previous studies had linked the increase in aphids to reduced insecticide use by ...
[This action alert is over.] GMOs—foods that have been genetically engineered by Monsanto and other chemical manufacturers—have never been adequately tested for long-term human health or environmental safety. Many of the ingredients used in infant formula, especially soy-based formula, are derived from crops that have been genetically altered to internally ...
The National Organic Standards Board met April 9-11 in Portland, OR to vote on issues of critical importance to the organic community. Here is a summary of the meeting. ANTIBIOTICS: The use of tetracycline, a critically important antibiotic in human medicine, will be prohibited in organic apple and pear production ...
Imperial Valley News By Anita Brown, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Sacramento, California – Many organic farmers have dreams of a conservation project they would love to tackle: a multi-purpose hedgerow; an efficient, water-saving irrigation system; a comprehensive plan to build organic matter; a hoop house to extend the local ...
New York Times By David A. Kessler SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration systematically monitor the meat and poultry sold in supermarkets around the country for the presence of disease-causing bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. These food products are bellwethers that tell us how ...
By Jill Ettinger It’s a fairytale story if ever there was one: budding, idealistic farmers meet in the high peaks of Arkansas’ Ozark Mountains and find more in common than just the 40-acre border of organic land they share. Meet Carole Anne Rose and Curly Miller of Sweden Creek Farm. ...
Sparks really flew at the National Organic Standards Board meeting in Portland, Oregon yesterday. In one of the most contentious issues to come before the organic community in many years, the continued use of antibiotics (oxytetracycline) on tree fruit was on the agenda. Apple growers from Washington State petitioned the ...
USDA is deliberating these questions right now in Portland, OR Is the Use of This Material a Threat to Human Health? There is no debate that low level, chronic dietary exposure to antibiotics is deleterious to human health. This is especially important in light of the disproportionate intake of apples ...
By Mark Kastel How sweet. DSM (the parent of Martek Biosciences) partners with our friends at Monsanto to bring you new novel life forms to be incorporated into your diet (see the article below). That’s right, DSM, the same company that bamboozled the National Organic Standards Board, with raw lobbying ...
After Cornucopia’s investigative report, The Organic Watergate, found that an unholy alliance between corporate agribusiness and the USDA was resulting in gimmicky and risky synthetics being added to organic food production, we promised that the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) would never meet again without an unbiased scientific review of ...
