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Viewpoint: What are the keys to full consumer acceptance of food grown from genetically modified seeds?
“Bioengineered and gene-edited foods might be more successful in the marketplace if they have visual disclosure on the package (the ...
‘US has inadequate regulatory oversight to address concerns presented by agricultural biotechnology’: US NGOs issue transparency principles and governance recommendations
Representatives of conservation and consumer non-governmental organizations unveiled six principles for responsible governance of gene editing in agriculture and the ...
Viewpoint: How should EPA regulate next-generation GMO Bt insect resistant crops? Proposals left over from Trump Administration don’t all align with the science
[T]he Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued two proposals that would modify its oversight of plant incorporated protectants (PIPs), which are ...
‘In the Weeds’: Answering the question—Do biotech crops increase pesticide use?
At CSPI, we set out to answer the question of whether GE crops increase the use of pesticides, and dove ...
Center for Science in the Public Interest calls for national registry for CRISPR-edited crops to address consumer biotech concerns
I am often asked which genetically engineered (GM) crops have entered the U.S. food supply. The question can be answered ...
5 things to know about USDA bioengineered food labels, hitting stores in 2020
In July 2016, President Obama signed the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law (NBFDL), requiring food manufacturers to disclose the presence ...
Viewpoint: CRISPR gene editing might quell ‘frankenfood’ fears and win consumer support for biotech
The debate surrounding genetically engineered (“GE” or “GMO”) plants and animals has historically been, and still is, extremely divisive. Anti-GMO ...
Trump administration’s biotech oversight plan echoes Obama’s, but regulatory approach remains unknown
Editor's note: Gregory Jaffe is the director of the project on biotechnology at the Center for Science in the Public Interest In ...
What the GMO labeling law means for consumers
[Editor’s note: Gregory Jaffe is the Director of the Project on Biotechnology for the Center for Science in the Public ...
Viewpoint: Federal GMO label must be ‘neutral and not misleading’
[Editor’s Note: Greg Jaffe is the Biotechnology Director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest.] On July 29, 2016, ...
CSPI’s Greg Jaffe: USDA should regulate GMOs, gene-edited crops based on end-product, not process
[Editor's note: Greg Jaffe is the Director of the Project on Biotechnology for the Center for Science in the Public ...
There are no GM oranges — So why is Tropicana deceiving consumers with Non-GMO label?
[Editor's note: Greg Jaffe is the Director of the Project on Biotechnology for the Center for Science in the Public ...
How Republicans and Democrats could work together to streamline biotech regulations
[Editor's note: Greg Jaffe is director of the Project on Biotechnology at the Center for Science in the Public Interest.] On ...
