Elaine Watson
Ex FDA official analyzes industry draft GMO labeling and ‘natural’ proposal
It might have enraged those in favor of mandatory GMO labeling, but a leaked document outlining the Grocery Manufacturers Association’s ...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association has launched a GMO facts website
(Summary) In response to the growing polarization of the GMO debate, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) launched a new GMO ...
Non-GMO foods will account for 30% of US food and beverage sales by 2017
US retail sales of non-GMO foods and beverages are projected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of ...
Bruce Chassy: None of the animals and plants we eat today exist ‘in nature,’ they are all GMOs
What precedent might it set if firms are forced to label foods made using new technologies, even if the end ...
Is FDA’s review process for GE animals fit for its purpose?
To explore whether the regulatory process in question is fit for its purpose, the Food & Drug Law Institute's Food ...
Debate: Is the FDA’s review process for GE animals fit for purpose?
To explore whether the regulatory process in question is fit for purpose, the Food & Drug Law Institute's Food and ...
Judge to FDA: Decide whether GMOs belong in “natural” products
Lawyers argue that it's time for the FDA determine this matter once and for all, so such cases stop "needlessly ...
GE pioneer Roger Beachy: I got into biotech to reduce the use of chemical pesticides
One of the founding fathers of agricultural biotechnology, best-known for his pioneering research on virus-resistant plants, Dr Roger Beachy caught ...
Judge: There’s a “gaping hole” in the current regulatory landscape for ‘natural’ claims and GMOs’
The following is an edited excerpt. A federal judge handling a lawsuit filed in California over ‘all-natural’ claims on Mission ...
Maple Leaf Foods CEO: ‘A global food strategy must meet the needs of the many, not just the affluent few’
The following is an excerpt. Blanket opposition to genetically modified crops is “a morally unacceptable position to take on the basis ...
Nutritionally enhanced biotech soybeans blocked by activists
The following is an edited excerpt. Monsanto has joined forces with DSM to commercialize a genetically engineered soybean oil rich ...
BIO: It’s not too late to change the conversation on GMOs
The following is an edited excerpt. When it comes to winning hearts and minds on the merits of genetically engineered ...
Former FDA official on GMO labeling: ‘Science doesn’t always win’
The following is an edited excerpt. Whether the food industry likes it or not, when it comes to GMO labeling, ...
DSM and Monsanto to commercialize soybean oil rich in omega-3 fatty acids
The following is an excerpt. Monsanto has joined forces with DSM to commercialize a genetically engineered soybean oil rich in ...
AquaBounty CEO: ‘The atmosphere is getting very poisonous’
The following is an edited excerpt. AquaBounty Technologies says it remains confident that there will still be a market for ...
AquaBounty confident of GM salmon approval despite FDA delay
The following is an excerpt. AquaBounty Technologies - which has already spent years waiting for the FDA to decide whether ...
Lobbying by agri-business killed New Mexico GMO labeling Bill, claim supporters
The following is an excerpt. Supporters of a New Mexico Senate bill proposing mandatory labeling for genetically engineered food and ...
Goldfish Crackers targeted in ‘natural’ lawsuit in wake of Prop 37
While Prop 37 did not pass, the failure to disclose the presence of GMOs in foods that are marketed as ...
Prop 37 voter guide has confused voters and misrepresented our position, says Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
The official voter information guide on California’s Proposition 37 GMO labeling initiative inaccurately states that the Academy of Nutrition and ...
Lawyer: Prop 37 will overtake Prop 65 as a source of consumer litigation in California
Prop 37 is likely to surpass Prop 65 as a source of consumer litigation in California if the controversial GMO ...