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GM Labeling
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Food Safety News
There is More for Food Voters to Chew Over Than Just Proposition 37
By Dan Flynn
Voters in 38 states Tuesday will decide upon 174 statewide ballot measures, and perhaps luckily, none are specifically about food safety. But like California’s highly touted Proposition 37 to require…
Food Safety News
Letter From The Editor: Fooducate’s GMO App
By Dan Flynn
From PRWEB last week came the exciting news. Just as I requested, technology has beat the ballot box with a smart phone app for checking out food and beverage items…
Covering Your Ads® Blog
Proposition 37 Permits “Natural” Labeling for Non-GMO Processed Food
Proposition 37, the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act ("Prop 37”), if approved by the voters on November 6, 2012, will provide that food offered for retail sale…
Food Safety News
Fighting GMO Labeling in California is Food Lobby’s “Highest Priority”
In case you had any doubt that California's Prop 37 -- which would require labeling of food containing genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) -- is a significant threat to industry, a top…
Food Safety News
Consumers Trust Food Biotechnology, Food Safety, Survey Finds
While criticism of genetically modified foods has received widespread media attention in the past few years, consumers remain generally supportive of food biotechnology, according to an industry-funded survey released Thursday.The…
Food Safety News
Breakthrough Offers Promise of Improved GMO Testing
Does this food contain genetically modified organisms?That's what many consumers, including overseas trading partners, want to know about the food they're buying.A prime example of that is the recent initiative in…
Food Safety News
GMO Labeling Poised to Make California’s Nov. 6 Ballot
By Dan Flynn
California -- where some say state ballot initiatives are a substitute for warfare -- may soon decide whether genetically engineered food should be labeled. An initiative to require GMO labeling…
Food Liability Law
Members of Congress Send Letter to FDA in Support of GMO Labeling
Recently, on March 12, 2012, 55 Members of Congress sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg calling on the agency to require the…
Food Safety News
With Dairy Law Enacted, Vermont Turns to GMO Labeling
By Dan Flynn
In updating its dairy law last session, the Vermont Legislature allowed personal consumption of unpasteurized (raw) milk purchased from another consumer to continue to be a legal transaction in the…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
Is Food Containing Bioengineered Ingredients “Natural”?
By Ilana Morady A class action lawsuit filed this month in the Central District of California claims that Frito-Lay has engaged in misleading advertising, unfair competition, and breach of express warranty…