Agri-Pulse
FDA offers point by point rebuke of Center for Food Safety, other activists GMO labeling demand
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Food and Drug ...
China commits to making biotech approval process ‘timely and science-based’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. China has agreed to ...
Democratic critics of voluntary GMO labeling bill launch attacks
Critics of a GMO regulation bill are proposing amendments that would add restrictions or exemptions to the legislation and allow ...
Proposed bill says cows fed GMO grain produce GMO milk
A GMO regulation bill set for approval in a House committee Wednesday has been changed to ensure that milk could ...
GM labeling proponents target glyphosate use in farming
Proponents of mandatory labeling of food products targeted U.S. agriculture's increasing use of glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide ...
USDA advances approval of another GM potato, with lower sugar and blight resistance
USDA moved another variety of genetically engineered potatoes developed by J.R. Simplot Company forward in its approval process, the agency ...
Smear campaign against glyphosate: ‘Consumers have a right to know when they’re being peddled a lie’
The anti-biotech activist Gary Hirshberg, Stonyfield Farms CEO and recent White House nominee to a trade advisory committee, seems to ...
Are Sygenta Viptera lawsuits appropriate reaction to GMO trade problems? US farmers split
Ask just about any farmer leader if they support science and innovation in agriculture and the answer will usually be ...
Longshot federal GMO labeling bill reintroduced: ‘GM crops force farmers to buy more pesticides’
Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer of California and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut along with Rep. Pete DeFazio, D-Ore., held a press ...
Ag industry’s failure to communicate biotech’s benefits to blame for heated GMO debate
The heated public debate over genetically modified foods shows the agricultural industry is not doing enough to communicate biotechnology's benefits ...
Parents seeking non-GMO foods driving organic sales
Parents' desires to avoid genetically modified organisms (GMO) are partially driving the increased sales of organic products, according to a ...
‘Debate over GMO safety over’, as liberal publications, pundits distance from anti-GMO rhetoric
Despite the apparent gridlock in the GMO debate, there are hints that it may be easing as more and more ...
Academics debate what GMO labeling policy should look like
Mark Edelman, professor of economics at Iowa State University, and Barry Flinchbaugh, emeritus professor of agricultural economics at Kansas State ...
Obama endorses biotechnology’s important role in agriculture
The dedication of Dr. Norman Borlaug's statue in the U.S. Capitol last month brought together an amazing array of Democrats ...
FDA to finalize guidance for voluntary GMO labeling soon
FDA will soon finalize its voluntary guidance on genetically engineered food labeling, agency Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told the House Appropriations ...
Vatican strongly endorses GMOs as tool to help world’s poor
The Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences had convened a select group of 40 scientific experts from around the world to ...
USDA chronicles rapid adoption of biotech crops
USDA recently released data summarizing the rapid adoption of herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant crops since their introduction in 1996. Based on ...
London School of Economics enters biotech crop discussion
The following is an excerpt. The prestigious London School of Economics (LSE) and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and ...
GMO labeling activists oppose continuing resolution provision
The following is an excerpt. A demonstration organized by supporters of labeling genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food products today consisted ...
GMO labeling activists oppose continuing resolution provision
The following is an excerpt. A demonstration organized by supporters of labeling genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food products today consisted ...
