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Ninth Circuit Reverses Bioengineered Food Labeling Exemption for Highly Refined Foods

Posted on November 4, 2025
  • The Ninth Circuit has reversed (Law360 subscription required) a district court ruling exempting highly refined foods from the definition of a “bioengineered food.” As we previously blogged, in 2022,
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USDA Requests Information on Electronic or Digital Link Bioengineered Disclosure Options  

Posted on May 29, 2024
  • USDA’s Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) recently solicited public information about possible amendments to the electronic or digital link option for disclosing a bioengineered food. 
  • By way of background, the National
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EU Considers Benefits of New Genomic Techniques

Posted on April 30, 2021
  • On April 29, 2021, the European Commission published a study considering the status of “new genomic techniques” (NGTs) under EU law. The study defined NGTs as techniques  for altering genetic

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Release by FDA, USDA, and EPA of New Joint Website on Biotechnology Regulation

Posted on January 13, 2020

 

  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a Unified Website for Biotechnology Regulation on January 9, 2020. 

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German Scientific Advisory Body Calls for New EU Legislation on Gene Editing Technology

Posted on October 2, 2018
  • As previously reported on this blog, the European Court of Justice ruled that all techniques that induce DNA mutagenesis result in products that can be regulated as genetically modified organisms.

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European Union’s Top Court Rules on Gene-Editing Technology

Posted on July 31, 2018
  • The European Court of Justice has ruled that all techniques that induce DNA mutagenesis result in products that can be regulated as genetically modified organisms.  GMO regulation had previously been

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