Should lab-grown beef be labeled 'meat'? USDA denies cattle lobby petition to limit definition to animal sources

Should lab-grown beef be labeled ‘meat’? USDA denies cattle lobby petition to limit definition to animal sources

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USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has responded to petition sponsors with differing opinions about how lab-grown “meat” and ...
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Harvard Law School urges USDA to allow ‘usual meat and poultry terms’ in labeling of cell-based foods

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In some action on the petition front, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) acknowledges a request from the Harvard ...
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Center for Food Safety sues USDA to block organic certification of soil-free hydroponic crops

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Federal Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler .... will be reviewing USDA’s decision to permit the “indoor agricultural evolution” known as hydroponics ...
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Plant-based, cell-based food producers resume lawsuit against Missouri over meat labeling law

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That anticipated out-of-court settlement between Missouri and Turtle Island Foods is not happening. The many parties involved “do not believe ...
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Federal GMO labeling could cost $3 billion—more than government spends annually on food safety

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Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue ... is rolling out the new rules for labeling genetically engineered foods. The National Bioengineered ...
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USDA Organic board proposes approving new chemicals, removing Rotenone, for use in organic farming

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Most consumers don’t know much about it, but for the $50 billion organic marketplace, it’s all about the details. And ...
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USDA again probes National Organic Program’s ‘weak’ import controls, putting label’s integrity at risk

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The USDA’s National Organic Program completed more complaint reviews and investigations that it received in 2017.  It finished work on ...
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Trump administration’s three FDA commissioner picks all from venture capitalist sector

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Something huge is going to be happening soon at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ... it is all ...

Center for Food Safety’s opposition to GE salmon earns it ‘Luddite Award’ nomination

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The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Center for Food ...
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Chipotle in ‘fiasco vortex’ after multiple food safety problems

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The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . For at ...

Wrong to discredit herbicide-resistant GMOs with C-word

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved for use in 15 states a new product called Enlist Duo, which is ...

State legislatures step back to let Congress try to resolve GMO labeling standards

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U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) may want to send some thank-you letters out to state legislative leaders who shut down ...

Food Safety News proposes GMO ‘Right to Know’ label that actually helps consumers

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Dan Flynn, the editor of Food Safety News floats a radical idea that could transform the GMO: The right to know ...

Vermont’s GMO labeling bill is a “mess”

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Before most legislatures built in their own capacity for doing deep analyses of bills before they’re passed, we used to ...

GE labeling measures moving through California and Colorado

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California’s 2012 food-labeling ballot measure, rejected by state voters, makes a return from the grave tomorrow with a public hearing ...

Will New York have a GMO labeling bill fight?

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Labeling food containing genetically modified ingredients might be a federal issue at some point, but the states are not done ...

GMO label activists misjudge rural and farm sentiment

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(Summary) "When the losers are crying about the election outcome afterwards and begin saying the election was bought or Democracy ...

GMO labeling initiative ‘too close to call’ in Washington state

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Initiative 522 opponents in Washington State have apparently shifted some voters against the ballot measure to require labeling of food ...

GMO labeling forces look for a win after two defeats

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The following is an excerpt. With the defeat of California’s Proposition 37 last November and the recent signing of House ...
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GM food labeling bill pre-filed in New Mexico Senate

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Food Safety NewsGenetically Modified Food Labeling Bill Pre-Filed in New Mexico SenateFood Safety NewsWirth for comment were unsuccessful. It is ...

Reaction to USDA report splits along predictable lines

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It held five meetings, waited until after the election, gained consensus among all but one of its members, sent off ...
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