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8/4/08 PETA's San Francisco "Shower" Protest Is All Wet, Says Consumer Group
"If these PETA protesters are only showering 18 times every 6 months, I guess Union Square is as good a place as any to catch up"
5/14/08 FOIE GRAS PROHIBITION REPEALED! CONSUMERS WIN!
Today in a stunning yet welcome reversal of an ordinance that had made the Windy City a national laughingstock, Chicago's City Council voted 37-6 to repeal a two-year-old ban on the sale of the delicacy foie gras.
5/7/08 Government Records Show PETA Killed over 90 Percent of "Companion Animals" in 2007
An official report filed by People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) with the Virginia government shows that the organization put to death more than 90 percent of the dogs, cats, and other pets it took in for adoption during 2007.
4/21/08 PETA Times Square "Shower" Protest Is All Wet, Says Consumer Group
PETA falsely claims that "producing just 1 pound of meat requires water equivalent to more than a year's worth of showers." But according to the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), it would take less than 18 ten-minute showers to consu
4/15/08 PETA Employees Let Off the Hook, But Animals They Killed Weren't So Lucky
Regardless of the outcome, this criminal trial brought PETA's disturbing animal-killing program into the light of day.
3/25/08 Study: Pregnant women who eat more fish, including canned tuna, have smarter children
Science doesn’t lie. Pregnant women who frequently eat canned tuna are having brainier children than those who don’t.
2/29/08 Consumer Group Calls For Congressional Perjury Investigation Into Testimony Offered By The HSUS
The Humane Society of the United States shares responsibility for letting American kids eat meat that shouldn’t have been in the food supply.
2/27/08 Consumer Group: Cookie-Boycotter MeMe Roth Should Mind Her Own Business
MeMe Roth should give us all a break from her silly food-cop media stunts.
2/4/08 Madison 'Consensus' on Mercury in Fish is Obsolete, Wrong-Headed
The scientists who put their name on the Madison Declaration have a lot of catching up to do.
2/1/08 CCF Statement on Mississippi
We've seen a lot of crazy laws but this one takes the cake. Literally.
1/23/08 New York Times Should Retract Error-Filled Mercury Story
The mistakes in a New York Times story about mercury levels in sushi are so serious that the entire article should be retracted.
1/22/08 Consumer Group Criticizes NYC Board of Health Over Menu Labeling Bill.
Mayor Bloomberg’s Big Brother Board of Health is getting more outrageous as it spends taxpayer funded time and money regulating food choices, when its own internal research shows the law will only impact 3 percent of the average calories in a New Yorker’s
1/18/08 PETA’s Adria Hinkle and Andrew Cook Win 6th Annual CCF Nanny Awards
Today the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) announced the winner of the 6th Annual “Nanny Awards:” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) Adria Hinkle and Andrew Cook.
1/17/08 Consumer Group Asks Virginia Government to Reclassify PETA as a Slaughterhouse
Center for Consumer Freedom formally petitioned Virginia's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), requesting that the government agency officially reclassify People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) as a slaughterhouse.
1/10/08 PETA Killed 97 Percent of “Companion Animals” in 2006
An official report from People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), submitted nine months after a Virginia government agency’s deadline, shows that the animal rights group put to death more than 97 percent of the dogs, cats, and other pets it took
12/20/07 Here Comes the 'Don't Sue Me Santa Clause,' Right Down Lawsuit Lane
Before he wolfs down the cookies, CCF suggests demanding that Kris Kringle sign a "Christmas Cookie Liability and Indemnification Agreement."
12/12/07 CCF Announces the 6th Annual Nanny Awards
Today the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) announced the contenders for the “2007 Nanny Awards.” These prizes are given annually to America’s most notorious animal-rights zealots, celebrity busybodies, environmental scaremongers, self-appointed “public i
12/11/07 Phony "Physicians Committee" Airport Food Ranking Is Animal Rights Propaganda
Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) called on the deceptively named Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) to stop misleading holiday travelers with its claim that non-vegetarian food is a bigger health threat than air safe
12/5/07 CCF to Surgeon General: “Lay Off Santa”
The war on obesity has found a new enemy: Santa. This criticism is political correctness run amok
12/4/07 New Report: Food Is the Wrong Target in the Obesity Debate
The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) released a new report demonstrating that lifestyle, not diet, is the main cause of obesity.
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