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USDA Announces "non-GMO" Certification Program

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Director Greg Jaffe
May 15, 2015
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IARC Finds Widely Used Glyphosate Herbicide a Probable Carcinogen

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Director Gregory Jaffe
March 21, 2015
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FDA Concludes Genetically Engineered Apple and Potato are Safe

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Director Gregory Jaffe
March 20, 2015
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USDA Deregulates Genetically Engineered, Browning-resistant "Arctic" Apple

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Director Gregory Jaffe
February 14, 2015
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GAO Calls for Greater Coordination, Monitoring of Genetically Engineered Crops

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Director Gregory Jaffe
December 5, 2008
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FDA to Announce Rules for Engineered Animals

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Director Gregory Jaffe
September 18, 2008
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CSPI on the FDA’s Safety Assessment of Food from Cloned Animals

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Director Gregory Jaffe
January 15, 2008
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FDA Releases Draft Risk Assessment and Management Plan for Cloned Animals

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Director Gregory Jaffe
December 28, 2006
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Report on Confining GE Organisms Praised

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Project Director Gregory Jaffe
January 20, 2004
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CSPI on Pew’s Biotech Foods Report

Statement of CSPI Biotechonlogy Project Director Gregory Jaffe
April 24, 2003
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CSPI on EPA’s Approval of New GE Corn

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Project Director Gregory Jaffe
February 25, 2003
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CSPI on Genetically Engineered Piglets

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Director Gregory Jaffe
February 6, 2003
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CSPI On Transgenic Fish

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Project Director Greg Jaffe
January 15, 2003
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Biotechnology Companies Fined for Violating Permit Conditions

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Project Director Gregory Jaffe
December 12, 2002
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CSPI on Possible Permit Violations by ProdiGene

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Project Director Gregory Jaffe
November 15, 2002
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CSPI Praises National Academy of Science’ Scientific Analysis on Transgenic Animals

Regulatory System Needs Significant Improvement to Adequately Assess Risks
August 20, 2002
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FDA Approves Fast-Growing Genetically Engineered Salmon

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Director Gregory Jaffe
November 19, 2015
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CSPI Welcomes White House Announcement on Biotech Regulation

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Director Gregory Jaffe
July 2, 2015
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National Academy of Sciences Report Finds no Food Safety or Human Health Impacts from Genetically Engineered Crops

Statement of CSPI Biotechnology Director Gregory Jaffe
May 17, 2016
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Biotech Blog: A Bipartisan Way Forward on Future Biotech Products

By CSPI Biotechnology Director Greg Jaffe
March 22, 2017
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Biotech Blog—Shopping for Honesty: Sorting Out Non-GMO Claims

By CSPI Biotechnology Director Greg Jaffe
April 17, 2017
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Biotech Blog: USDA Should Establish a Science-Based Regulatory System to Address Genetically Engineered and Gene-Edited Crops

By CSPI Biotechnology Director Greg Jaffe
May 15, 2017
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Engineering Honesty: USDA Moves to Disclose “GMOs”

By CSPI Biotechnology Director Greg Jaffe
August 23, 2017
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The ABCs of GMO Disclosure in the United States

By CSPI Biotechnology Director Greg Jaffe
September 25, 2017
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FDA Education Initiative on Agricultural Biotechnology: Emphasize Safety and Science

November 3, 2017

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The candy on the left is sold in Europe, where Mars and other candy companies have reformulated their products with mostly natural dyes to look almost like the synthetically-dyed originals. Europe requires health warnings on most candy with synthetic dyes. (Blue 1 is not included in the warning, so the blue candies on the left are the only ones in the picture that are not naturally dyed.)

The candy on the right is a M&M’s peanut candy with colors from all-natural sources, a new product being made available in the United States. 

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