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GM Labeling
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Product Liability Advocate
Do You Really Want to Know What’s in Your Food? Connecticut Requires Labeling for Genetically Modified Foods
Connecticut, the first state to pass a law that requires labeling for genetically engineered foods, is being joined by states with similar labeling requirements, but no labeling mandates. Despite the…
Food Safety News
Next GMO Battleground Could Be New York State
By Dan Flynn
Labeling food containing genetically modified ingredients might be a federal issue at some point, but the states are not done with it yet. Next month, two state capitals within easy…
Food Safety News
New Hampshire House Votes Down GMO Labeling Bill
By News Desk
Knitting together at least five New England states to impose labeling requirements on foods with ingredients containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) just became more elusive. That’s because in New Hampshire,…
Food Safety News
Legislation Would Muzzle Science Teachers in Virginia
By News Desk
Science teachers in Virginia with an opinion about vaccines, raw milk, or genetically modified organisms in food would be best advised to keep their mouths shut under the currently proposed…
Food Safety News
GE Salmon, Apples Keep Genetic Labeling On Legislative Menu in Olympia
By Dan Flynn
Usually the Washington Legislature will steer clear – at least for a while – of a topic voters have settled in a recent initiative. That unwritten rule might ordinarily keep…
Food, Drug & Agriculture
Lawsuits, national pressure fail to sway FDA to change “natural” food definition
In a letter to three district court judges, the Food and Drug Administration refused to redefine “natural” foods as being able to include genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or not in…
Food Safety News
Public Health Impact Levy, Urban Ag Zoning, and GMO Ban Among Latest Western Legislative Ideas
By News Desk
More evidence is in to support the old theory that legislative ideas move from west to east in the United States. This is primarily because California remains a hotbed for…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: GMO-Free Cheerios, Iran Sanctions, Duck Dynasty Legislation
Given the wealth of employment law blogs on the LexBlog Network, I'm surprised we didn't see more commentary on the Duck Dynasty scandal. Though much of the media chatter on…
Food Safety News
State Legislative Season Begins Anew With Some Familiar Proposals
By Dan Flynn
After going 0 for 11 in the states last year and losing again on a state initiative ballot last fall, animal agriculture and GMO labeling campaigners are back with their…
Food Safety News
USDA Steps Up Citrus Greening Fight As GMO Fix Looks Promising
By Dan Flynn
If there was any way that American-grown oranges could be saved without turning to genetic engineering, Ricke Kress at Southern Gardens Citrus would take it. But, in the real world,…