A comment period has been launched in England regarding gene editing of crops and livestock.
The plans were announced by Environment Secretary George Eustice at the virtual Oxford Farming Conference.
Gene editing is different from
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Natural Grocers, Citizens for GMO Labeling, Label GMOs, Rural Vermont, Good Earth Natural Foods, Puget Consumers Co-op, and the Center for Food Safety are plaintiffs in a new lawsuit against the USDA that some say
Continue Reading Much of the old gang that fought for real GE labeling is back together for lawsuit against USDA
The European Commission has set targets to reduce pesticide use and sales of antimicrobials by 2030.
The Farm to Fork strategy includes a reduction by 50 percent on the use and risk of pesticides and
Continue Reading EU plans cut to antimicrobial and pesticide use in Farm to Fork strategy
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday launched a unified website for biotechnology regulation. The agencies timed the rollout to coincide with January 2020’s observance
Continue Reading Federal agencies join efforts for electronic home for biotech regs
A non-profit consumer group is pushing for the FDA to push back on retail sales of raw “Impossible” burger products, saying the agency is erring on the side of big business rather than public
Continue Reading Group wants FDA to act against alleged illegal sales of Impossible Burgers
The pork industry wants the regulation of livestock genome editing transferred to the USDA from the Food and Drug Administration. The USDA already regulates genome editing of plants.
To support the transfer, an industry trade
Continue Reading Pork industry wants FDA out of livestock genome editing
Opinions about genetically modified food may have more to do with feelings than science, according to findings by researchers from four universities.
According to research by the University of Colorado and three other universities, published
Continue Reading Researchers find extremists who know the least drive public opinion on GMOs
The federal magistrate judge has yet not yet ruled whether the defendants even have the legal standing to bring their case, and the federal defense attorneys have yet to show up in the court, but
Continue Reading Activists wants federal magistrate to take over GMO labeling enactment from USDA
Promoting its leafy greens as cleaner and safer for the planet and people, Eden Green Technology has struck a deal with Walmart to market its produce, which is grown without soil in vertical racks in
Continue Reading Dallas greenhouse growers say their leafy greens are safer
Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the
Continue Reading Briefly: Pufferfish poison — Sail or fail — CRISPR mushrooms
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