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GM Labeling
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The Daily Intake
GM Labeling Bill Clears Committee
GM labeling bill clears Senate Agriculture Committee. As the July 1 deadline for compliance with Vermont's labeling requirements for genetically modified (GM) foods draws nearer, many continue to hope for…
The Daily Intake
Vermont GM Guide (Part Deux)
Vermont issues GM labeling FAQs. As food manufacturers are well aware, Vermont's GM labeling requirements remain on track to take effect on July 1, 2016. Although the requirements are being…
Food Safety News
GMO labeling gets another look in two New England states
By News Desk
Today and tomorrow the Rhode Island House Committee on Health, Education and Welfare and the House side of the New Hampshire General Court will hear bills about labeling food made…
Food Safety News
Confessions of a former GMO virgin
Back in the late 1990s, I was a GMO virgin. I had never heard of GMOs — genetically modified organisms — nor had I ever had any contact with them,…
Food Safety News
NASDA cues up FSMA implementation and GMO labeling at conference
By News Desk
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) wraps up its 2016 Winter Policy Conference today and the influential group is laying down some tracks others may have to…
The Daily Intake
GM: Deal or No Deal?
USDA reportedly unable to broker GM labeling compromise. The food industry faces the impending July 1 effective date for Vermont's labeling requirement for genetically modified (GM) foods with no imminent reprieve…
Food Safety News
Ag secretary can’t find common ground for activists, industry on GE/GMO labels
By News Desk
Activists and industry reps sat down twice with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to see if they could find a compromise about labeling food processed with genetic engineering. No compromise…
The Daily Intake
GMOs in SpaghettiOs®
Campbell Soup announces support for mandatory GMO labeling The effective date for Vermont’s GM labeling law is July 1, 2016. As covered previously on this blog, although the food industry…
The Daily Intake
Happy New(s) Year
We welcome our readership back with a wrap-up of recent news items of interest: Vermont authorizes independent organizations to provide "non-GM" verification In anticipation of the upcoming July 1, 2016…
Alcohol Law Advisor
FDA Releases Guidance on Voluntary Labeling for Foods Derived from Genetically Engineered Plants
On November 23, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a guidance to assist food and feed manufacturers that would like to label their plant-derived food products or…