Chuck Abbott
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USDA bioengineered food labels are coming in 2021. Will they change consumer behavior?
Four years after the thunder in Congress over labeling foods made with GMO ingredients, the deadline for compliance with the ...
USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue: Anti-GMO activism could ‘derail’ vital agricultural tools
An amorphous “fear-your-food” movement, fed in large part by the ceaseless churning of the internet, could sideline, deter, or even ...
Will Australia free CRISPR gene-edited crops from government regulation?
Gene editing technology – CRISPR is the best-known example – would be freed from government regulation under a proposal by ...
US will fight ‘non-science-based’ overseas regulations that restrict GMO exports, says trade representative
The Trump administration will attack overseas regulations that restrict the export of GMO crops and other products resulting from American technological ...
China’s slowdown in approval of GMO imports harming US farmers
U.S. officials have prodded China repeatedly for a faster and more open system for deciding whether to approve the import ...
As China overtakes US in government funding for agricultural research, biotech firms fill the gap
The world’s largest farm exporter, the U.S., is also a global leader in agricultural innovation. Consider GMO crops grown on ...
Trump Administration likely to re-examine implementation of federal GMO labeling law
The Trump administration will focus on regulatory relief in its early days in office, said two farm-policy hands, who pointed ...
Lawmakers propose USDA begin GMO certification
The sponsors of a House bill to prevent states from requiring special labels on GMO foods are considering a new ...
