A federal judge has dismissed a nine-year lawsuit challenging the USDA’s 2018 withdrawal of organic livestock and poultry welfare rules, ruling the case moot after most of those standards were reinstated under the Biden administration in 2023.
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The ruling affirmed a 2024 federal district court decision that the challenger — Bruce Kaser, an Oregon organic hazelnut grower — hasn’t proven that he has directly suffered an “injury-in-fact” from USDA’s labeling regulation. Center for Food Safety called it a “vital victory” for organic stakeholders, and OrganicEye said a request to the appellate court for reconsideration has been filed.
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Let’s hope vintners reject this unproven and risky technology.
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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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Due to challenges during spring planting, Mercaris predicts a 12% decline in organic corn production and a 14% decline in organic soybean production.
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USDA investigators last week identified a second GMO wheat variety from samples found in a fallow farm field in Washington state.
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A federal judge has decided that the Organic Trade Association’s lawsuit against the USDA – over its withdrawal of the new organic livestock and poultry rule – can proceed.
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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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A federal judge said he lacked jurisdiction in the case over a change to the USDA’s Sunset Rule, which now makes it harder to remove synthetic ingredients from organic.
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With the NOSB refusing to forbid hydroponics in organic, it appears that litigation may be imminent.
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With less than 1% of hazelnuts grown in the U.S. being organic, an association was formed to help raise awareness of this industry.
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An important bill that would hold biotech companies liable for GMO-contamination has survived a critical deadline in Oregon’s state legislature.
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