Food

SPECIAL REPORT: Bioengineered food labeling: ‘They kind of shot in the middle and missed every constituency’

Advocates arguing for greater transparency about the use of GMOs in food scored a minor victory this month after a district court told USDA to re-work the digital disclosure portions of the ...
JD Supra

USDA finalizes updates to List of Bioengineered Foods

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued a final rule updating the List of Bioengineered Foods (the List) under the National Bioengineered Food ...
Iowa Public Radio

GMO food labeling has been required in the U.S. for a year. Have consumers noticed?

Much of the labeling winds up on products that contain ingredients made from four genetically modified foods: corn, canola, soybeans and sugarbeets. Genetically modified foods have been on supermarket ...
JD Supra

Litigation Minute: New Bioengineered Food Disclosure Rules and Litigation Risks

As of 1 January 2022, certain retailers, manufacturers, and importers are required to disclose the presence of bioengineered food and food that contains bioengineered ingredients on products labeled ...
Agri-Pulse

Appeals court finds USDA erred with 'bioengineered' labeling requirements

A federal appeals court on Friday found the Agriculture Department improperly excluded highly refined foods such as corn and soybean oil from labeling regulations for “bioengineered” food products. In ...
Augusta Free Press

USDA implements new labeling for genetically modified foods

Consumers will soon see new symbols and QR codes identifying genetically modified and bioengineered foods as the U.S. Department of Agriculture implements new labeling rules. Food manufacturers, ...
AOL

Genetically Engineered Foods You May Unknowingly Already Have in Your Diet

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are living things that have had their genetic code artificially altered by scientists by inserting genetic code from another organism into their DNA. It’s still a ...
Capital Press

‘Bioengineered’ label exemption for highly processed food ruled unlawful

The USDA committed legal error by exempting “highly processed foods,” such as sugar, from being labeled as “bioengineered,” according to federal appeals court ...
Supermarket News

Industry Backs Up Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

The Grocery Manufacturing Association and Food Marketing Institute have joined the conversation about establishing a national mandatory bioengineered-food disclosure standard, which would require food ...
The National Law Review

Proposed Rule Could Make Sugarcane Subject to the Same National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard Burdens as Sugarbeet

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The National Law Review

USDA-AMS Updates List of Bioengineered Foods

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