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Judge ponders removal of lawyers behind glyphosate class action suit for possible illegal media release of classified documents
A federal judge [heard] arguments [on August 24] at a federal court in San Francisco over whether the lead attorneys ...
Scientists skeptical EU neonicotinoid ban would help bees
As the EU prepares to rule on extending a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides, a large-scale study opened the door for industry to argue ...
Organic industry forms ‘anti-fraud task force’ following discovery of ‘contaminated’ USDA-certified imports
A task force convened by the Organic Trade Association will get to work [June 2017] on developing a best-practices guide for ...
GMO labeling could be top line on Sonny Perdue’s menu once confirmed as secretary of agriculture
Should Sonny Perdue be confirmed as the next secretary of Agriculture, it will fall to him to end the biggest ...
Ayman Jallad: Mysterious Syrian-Lebanese businessman funds anti-GMO activist network in Europe
Ayman Jallad has two battles on his hands. The Syrian-Lebanese businessman is in the challenging business of selling imported Caterpillar ...
Biotech proponents ask Trump Administration to fast-track updated GMO regulations, unshackle innovation
In July 2015 the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, under President Barack Obama, mandated that the USDA, ...
Healthy eating: Why doesn’t US government spend more on specialty crop research?
As the country seeks solutions to the obesity epidemic, there’s been plenty of debate about how to get people to ...
Can Europe reform its GMO regulatory sausage-making mess?
Jean-Claude Juncker has had enough of EU states scapegoating Brussels for their failures. Over his first two years as president ...
What will Trump’s ‘2-for-1’ executive order limiting regulations mean for GMO labeling law?
President Donald Trump has offered federal agencies a regulatory 2-for-1 deal they can’t refuse... Trump’s latest executive order, signed Monday, ...
Days before inauguration, Trump’s secretary of agriculture pick still unclear
A behind-the-scenes fight between agribusiness tycoons and members of Donald Trump’s camp who want more diversity in the Cabinet has ...
Greenpeace scientist Doug Parr on GMO debate: “Facts matter less”
Many people criticize Greenpeace for backing the scientific consensus when it comes to climate change, but not when it comes to the safety of GMOs ...
Delayed by IARC designation, EPA glyphosate reassessment punted to next administration
For anyone who thought EPA’s glyphosate risk assessment would arrive sometime soon, think again. The new target is for the ...
Internal conflict in French government affecting EU policy on glyphosate, other agrochemicals
A duel in the . . . French government is shaking up Europe’s food and farming sector, turning the Continent’s political ...
Agriculture, food industries’ communication failures led to GMO vilification
In case you missed it, President Barack Obama late [July 29] signed the GMO labeling bill into law, nullifying Vermont's measure ...
EPA criticized for ignoring its own scientists’ findings that glyphosate isn’t carcinogenic
. . . . Following the EPA’s notice in the Federal Register that it was seeking nominations for an expert panel ...
USDA girds for battle over GMO labeling rules
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Over the next two ...
USDA crafting rules to properly and promptly implement GMO labeling law
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Now that the GMO ...
House likely to vote on GMO labeling bill before July 15 recess
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Agriculture and food groups ...
Days before Vermont law goes into effect, Senate is getting close to GMO labeling deal
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said late ...
Former FDA Commissioner equates GMO labeling with ‘science denialism out of fear’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Those opposed to mandatory ...
EU Health Commissioner disappointed in Europe’s anti-GMO sentiment
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In a recent speech ...
UK farmers leaning toward Brexit because of EU policies on glyphosate, GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. British farmers are fed ...
German politics threaten EU approval of glyphosate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. German government squabbling could ...
Glyphosate could be pulled from European market if EU doesn’t reauthorize by June 30
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. European countries couldn't come ...
Senate working on ‘middle ground’ GMO labeling bill to prevent Vermont law
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Any proposal from Sen ...
With Vermont’s GMO labeling law taking effect in 80 days, biotech leaders head to D.C.
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [B]iotech industry representatives headed ...
Bill for national GMO labeling standard continues to stall in senate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Time apart doesn’t seem ...
Chef Tom Colicchio, Rep. Pingree lead group to convert Cuba into major US organic supplier
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Cuban farms could one ...
