Letter to the U.S. Senate

The letter proposes deletions and alternative language to the "Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010" that would carve out regulatory exemptions for trades between Coalition members and the financial institutions that trade in unregulated "dark markets."

IATP comment to CFTC on speculative position limits

This comment to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regards a proposed rule to implement speculative position limits for energy contracts.

The Volcker Rule in food safety

Joint Principles for Regulation of the U.S. Financial and Commodity Derivatives Markets

These Principles constitute a common platform for a group of more than 60 consumer groups, business associations, farmer organizations, NGOs, energy traders and independent financial analysts. The platform will be used to persuade the U.S. Congress and regulators to regulate financial and commodity derivatives stringently to prevent another financial industry debacle, and economic crisis.

Groups applaud American Public Health Association for opposition to hormone use in beef and dairy production

Public health and consumer groups today applauded the decision of the American Public Health Association (APHA) to oppose the use of growth hormones in beef and dairy production by calling for a ban on the use of recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) in dairy cows and a slate of growth hormones in beef cattle.

While FDA fiddles, dangerous antibiotic-resistant Salmonella strikes again

 KAW press release on resistant Salmonella outbreaks A recent outbreak of beef-borne Salmonella Newport in Colorado and other Western states was caused by a microbe resistant to cephalosporin antibiotics. These antibiotics continue to be used “off label” a year after the Bush Administration’s Food and Drug Administration tabled plans to ban this use

Copenhagen is Not the End, but the Beginning

At his press conference in Copenhagen a few minutes ago, U.S.

Citizen Petition Seeking Withdrawal of Roxarsone and Certain Other Arsenical Additives in Animal Feed

Today, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calling for the immediate withdrawal of approvals for all animal drug applications for arsenic-containing compounds used in animal feed. Arsenic is used to promote faster weight gain on less feed and creating the appearance of a hea

As Climate Talks Begin, Obama's Change Mandate in Question

The potential confirmation of controversial former pesticide lobbyist Islam Siddiqui as the U.S. trade representative for agriculture threatens to further undermine this administration’s credibility in international forums by privileging U.S. corporate interests over the global public interest and common good.

New book provides blueprint for more just trade system

A new book highlights the need for a fundamental reshaping of international trade and investment rules to put human rights, particularly the right to adequate food, at the centre of economic and development policy.