Philip Brasher
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EPA may relax rules on some pest-resistant crops to promote ‘science-based’ regulation
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to exempt from its regulation some biotech crops that are genetically engineered to be ...
Trump administration aims to boost farming, medical innovation with streamlined biotech rules
Trump administration officials say they are committed to reducing regulatory barriers to agricultural biotechnology as part of a larger strategy ...
Agricultural industry split over prospects of government not regulating gene editing as part of reform of biotechnology regulations
Crop developers say USDA’s effort to streamline its regulation of biotech crops will still slow the commercialization of many gene-edited ...
Short on time, US regulators scramble to streamline CRISPR-edited plant, animal rules
All three of the federal agencies charged with regulating bioengineered plants and animals are looking at ways of streamlining regulations ...
USDA proposes regulation ‘overhaul’ to streamline new biotech crop development
Many new genetically engineered crop traits would be exempt from regulation by the Agriculture Department under a sweeping rewrite of ...
USDA releases long-awaited GMO labeling rules
New disclosure requirements finalized by USDA for biotech foods will mandate the use of the term "bioengineered" while providing a key exemption for ...
Proposed 2018 Farm Bill includes amendments aimed at streamlining regulation of genetic engineering
The House Agriculture Committee approved a group of 15 Republican amendments to the panel’s farm bill that would modify a ...
How should the FDA regulate CRISPR gene-edited animals?
Gene editing is touted as a promising new way of altering the DNA of plants or animals to speed their ...
Can the FDA convince public that GMOs are safe to eat, good for environment?
The Food and Drug Administration has a tough job ahead of it, a job that the food and agriculture sectors ...
Senate passes GMO labeling bill
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Senate easily approved ...
Senate Ag. Committee agrees on GMO labeling bill that would pre-empt VT law
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A landmark Senate agreement ...
Grain trade groups say USDA’s biotech regulations overhaul could disrupt global trade
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Agriculture Department's plan ...
Agricultural Secretary Vilsack: Up to Congress to resolve GMO labeling
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The biotech labeling negotiations led ...
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 ...
