The USDA says implementation and compliance with the program have been “successful,” while experts suggest consumers aren’t noticing the labels.
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The USDA says implementation and compliance with the program have been “successful,” while experts suggest consumers aren’t noticing the labels.
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Representing a broad coaltion, the Center for Food Safety filed an appeal against the USDA’s misleading “bioengineered” terminology and for allowing the majority of GMOs to avoid labeling.
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“This should be a warning to the industrial food sector that avoiding clear on-packaging labeling by using QR codes alone will not pass legal scrutiny,” said Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of the Center for Food Safety.
Read Article Unlike the U.S., the Thai government is serious about keeping its citizens informed about what is in their food.
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Justice prevails! The Washington Supreme Court has narrowly upheld an $18 million fine levied against an association of large food brands that funneled dark money into a state political campaign.
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The Grocery Manufacturing Association was accused of not disclosing where its contributions to the 2013 “No on 522” campaign came from.
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This move was done in response to Brazil’s approval of genetically-engineered sugarcane using recombinant DNA technology.
Read Article A lawsuit filed by the Center for Food Safety against the USDA argues that the 2019 GMO labeling regulation will leave the majority of GMO-derived foods unlabeled, discriminate against tens of millions of Americans, prohibit the use of the widely known terms “GMO” and “GE”, and prohibit retailers from providing more information to consumers.
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Concealing the identities of the food and beverage companies that spent $11 million to defeat a GMO-labeling initiative in 2013 has proven costly for the Grocery Manufacturers Association, now known as the Consumer Brands Association.
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Large manufacturers need to disclose detectable bioengineered ingredients by 2022, and attorneys and analysts think many will wait until the last minute.
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A just-released joint USDA/FDA/EPA website about GMO regulations does not clear up the confusion about GMO-labeling or gene-edited foods.
Read Article The USDA’s National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard — which somewhat labels GMO foods — began on January 1st.
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Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) attached a rider to this year’s appropriations bill, which would require GM salmon approved prior to the GMO-labeling standards being passed to include “genetically engineered” on its packaging.
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Food products produced using gene-editing technology could go on sale in Japan by the end of the year despite no specific labeling rules being in place.
Read Article The USDA placed the interests of ag-biotech companies well ahead of those of the American consumer. It is nothing short of a disgrace.
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The EU has declared that gene editing must be regulated like GMOs — a very fair and rational conclusion — but the U.S. is taking this fight to the World Trade Organization.
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A detailed look into what is going with the lawsuit that the Center for Food Safety and the Center for Environmental Health have filed against the USDA for failing to enact federal GMO-labeling standards.
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A court just rejected the $18M fine against the Grocery Manufacturers Association, who was found guilty for violating campaign laws during the State of Washington’s 2012 GMO-labeling initiative.
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The Center for Food Safety has filed a motion for summary judgment on its federal lawsuit against the USDA for failing to issue the GMO food disclosure law by the mandatory deadline of July 29, 2018.
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The USDA has submitted new symbols to the U.S. Patent Office, but these symbols do not have a smiley face or a sun.
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Beginning on July 23rd in Iran, all food that contains GMOs must be labeled.
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Even though Bloomberg claims that GMOs are safe — something that the organic industry does not agree with — it slams the USDA’s proposed GMO-labeling standards and insinuates that they are ‘propaganda’ and potentially ‘misleading.’
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In what would have been absolutely unthinkable just a few years ago, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, a trade group that spent tens of millions of dollars fighting GMO-labeling, has now come out and said it supports full labeling of all GMO oils and sugars.
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USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue says it is very likely that the GMO-labeling rules, which Congress mandated to be finished by July 29th, will be delayed. Much of the blame rests with the White House Office of Management & Budget, he said.
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