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USDA’s APHIS Finalizes a Plant Pest Protection Rule That De-Regulates Genetically Engineered Crop Production

Posted on May 18, 2020

 

  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) regulates genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for “plant pest risk” under the Plant Pest Act.  Plant pest risk

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USDA Withdraws Biotech Regulation Proposal

Posted on November 9, 2017
  • As previously covered on this blog, on January 19, 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)published a proposed rule to update

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USDA Rolls Out New Animal Welfare Compliance Database

Posted on August 24, 2017
  • USDA Animal Care is a component of the Department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Animal Care works with states, regulated industries, animal advocacy groups and other non-governmental organizations

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USDA Proposes to Recognize Mexico as CSF-Free, Easing Restrictions on Mexican Pork Exports

Posted on August 9, 2017
  • The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has regulatory authority over both the import and export of livestock products.  In the import

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BSE Case in AL Prompts S. Korea to Boost Quarantine Checks of U.S. Beef

Posted on July 20, 2017
  • Earlier this week, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a neurologic disease of cattle, in an eleven-year old cow

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Update: Industry Urges USDA to Start Over on Proposed Rule to Revamp APHIS Biotech Regs

Posted on July 7, 2017
  • For decades, the U.S. government has regulated genetically modified organisms (GMOs) under a regulatory framework called the “Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology” (Coordinated Framework).  The Coordinated

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USDA Publishes Proposed Rule to Revamp Its Biotechnology Regulations

Posted on January 23, 2017
  • For decades, the United States government has regulated genetically modified organisms (GMOs) under a regulatory framework called the “Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology” (Coordinated Framework).  The

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Looser Livestock Export Rules

Posted on January 20, 2016

USDA loosens livestock export rules.

  • The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has regulatory authority over both the import and export of

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White House Watch: GMOs

Posted on July 7, 2015

White House announces planned revision of federal GMO regulatory standards.

  • For decades, the United States government has regulated genetically modified organisms (GMOs) under a regulatory framework called the “Coordinated

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Where’s the Beef?

Posted on July 2, 2015

USDA to permit beef imports from Argentina and Brazil.

  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is tasked with protecting the United States from

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