- In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Dr. Henry Miller, the former founding director of the FDA’s Office of Biotechnology, criticizes FDA as giving organic food labeling and advertisement “a complete
NGOs Sue USDA Over Delay in Issuing BE Disclosure Rules
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- The 2016 National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standards (NBFDS) Act directs the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop regulations and standards to create mandatory disclosure requirements for bioengineered (BE) foods
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European Union’s Top Court Rules on Gene-Editing Technology
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- 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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FDA Takes Proactive Approach, Releases Statement on Voluntarily Recalled Whey Powder
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- In an unusual move, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., released a statement on July 24 regarding the voluntary recall of certain products that contain whey powder that may be contaminated
Groups Petition FSIS to Change “Product of the USA” Policy
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- The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) and American Grassfed Association (AGA) have petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to change its standard for making
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FDA Holds Public Meeting to Discuss the Safety of Food Produced Using Animal Cell Cultures
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- As announced on June 15, 2018, FDA is holding a meeting today to discuss the safety of innovative “cultured” food products (e.g., cultured meat). The meeting is scheduled to last
Final Comments on USDA’s BE Labeling Rule Debate Disclosure for Highly Refined Foods and Ingredients
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- The comment period on USDA’s proposed requirements to implement the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS) closed on July 3. As previously reported on this blog, when USDA asked
Trade Dispute with China Worries Agriculture; USDA Vows Support
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- The U.S. agricultural industry has voiced concerns about potential financial losses due to the ongoing trade dispute with China, notwithstanding U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s assurance last April that farmers
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Senate Released Bipartisan Draft of Farm Bill
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- As previously reported on this blog, in March 2018, House Agricultural Committee Chairman Michael Conway delayed the release of the draft law renewing farm and nutrition programs due to
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FDA and USDA Announce Collaborative Effort to Align Produce Safety Requirements
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- On June 5, 2018, FDA and USDA announced a new collaborative effort to streamline produce safety requirements for farmers by aligning the USDA Harmonized Good Agricultural Practices Audit Program (USDA
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