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Genetically Modified Foods
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The Daily Intake
FDA Completes Review of GE Canola Seeds After Response to Last Year’s Inadvertent Release
Plants produced through genetic engineering (GE) are subject to the same FDA safety standards as other plants. Given the possibility for food from some GE plants to have new allergens,…
The Daily Intake
FDA Launches New “Feed Your Mind” Initiative to Increase Consumer Understanding of Genetically Engineered Foods
On March 4, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), launched a new…
A Seat at the Table
AMS Releases Draft Instructions on Validating a Refining Process for National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking public comment on draft instructions to validate a refining process under the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS).…
The Daily Intake
President Trump Issues Executive Order to Streamline Regulation of Genetically Modified Food
On June 11, President Trump issued an Executive Order Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products. The purpose of the Executive Order (EO) is to employ a science-based regulatory…
The Daily Intake
FDA Removes Import Alert for GE Salmon
U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., announced on March 8, that the Agency was deactivating a 2016 import alert that prevented genetically engineered (GE) salmon from entering the…
The Right Coast
The Real War on Science | City Journal
All three are in his first chapter, during Mooney s brief acknowledgment that leftists here and there have been guilty of science abuse. First, there s the Left s opposition…
The Daily Intake
Regulatory Round-up
We return from our hiatus with a wrap-up of recent items of interest: President Obama Signs federal GM labeling bill into law. As anticipated, on July 29, President Obama signed…
The Daily Intake
GM Labeling: The Deal
Senate reaches bipartisan deal on federal GM labeling standard. As the food industry is well aware, many eyes have been on Congress to determine whether federal legislation addressing the labeling…
The Daily Intake
Vermont Enforcement Bulletin
Vermont relaxes enforcement of GM labeling requirements for the first year. As the food industry is well aware, Vermont’s labeling requirements for genetically modified (GM) foods are set to take…
Food Safety News
Senate splits over labeling food with genetically engineered ingredients
By News Desk
A divided U.S. Senate Wednesday could not invoke cloture to bring the Biotechnology Labeling Solutions Bill to vote. The cloture vote, which required 60 for passage, failed by a dozen…