Stephanie Strom
‘Regenerative Organic Certification’: USDA organic label gets competition as movement shows fissures
Frustrated by what they see as a continued watering down of the standards that define what foods may be labeled ...
FDA questions safety of Impossible Burger’s veggie patties made with genetically engineered yeast
One of the chief selling points of the Impossible Burger, a much ballyhooed plant-based burger patty, is its resemblance to ...
Parts per billion trace amounts of glyphosate herbicide found in Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
A growing number of foods commonly found in kitchens across America have tested positive for glyphosate, the herbicide that is ...
Ties to biotech corporations within Congress’s biotech panel could skew crucial policies
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine are assigned by Congress to provide policy guidance to the government...One of ...
Senate’s GMO labeling bill clears major hurdle, final approval expected this week
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A federal bill that ...
Vitamins going GMO free
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Consumers wanting to know ...
Lawsuit: Quaker Oat’s ‘100% Natural’ claim false because of glyphosate traces
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A lawsuit seeking to ...
Senate votes on SmartLabel for GMO labeling, would preempt Vermont’s mandatory standard
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [T]he ...
Campbell will label foods that contain GMO ingredients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Breaking from its industry ...
FDA defines GMO scientifically, many ‘non-GMO’ foods are in fact genetically modified
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. While the F.D.A.’s stance ...
Organic food recalls due to bacterial contamination soaring
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. New data collected by Stericycle, ...
Non-GMO Similac baby formula to appear in stores soon
The maker of Similac Advance, the top commercial baby formula brand in the United States, says it will begin selling ...
Organic food processor SunOpta to have first USDA-verified non-GMO label
A little-known but publicly traded organic food processing company, SunOpta, has persuaded the federal government that its system for detecting ...
Panera creates ‘no-no’ ingredient list in response to consumer demand
In doing so, Panera Bread will join the growing ranks of food companies and restaurants that have announced plans to eliminate a ...
Chipotle says it serves no food with GMO ingredients in 1,800 outlets
“This is another step toward the visions we have of changing the way people think about and eat fast food,” ...
New York Times’ writer addresses GMO labeling issue, leaves out the science
There are few industry debates as heated these days as the one about labeling foods that contain genetically modified ingredients ...
US subsidizes $125 million of organic farming research and conservation
The United States Department of Agriculture plans to announce that it will spend $52 million to support local and regional ...
Products made by synthetic organisms enter comsumer households
Consumer products containing ingredients made using an advanced form of engineering known as synthetic biology are beginning to show up ...
Grocery Manufacturer’s Association seeks ‘natural’ label for GMOs
The trade organization representing the nation’s largest food and beverage companies wants permission to label as “natural” products that contain ...
Whole Foods drops Chobani Greek-style yogurt in anti GMO effort
Whole Foods says that as of early next year, its stores will no longer stock Chobani, a Greek yogurt brand ...
Disease cutting corn yields, some speculate GM connection
ALTON, Iowa — It has come on like a tidal wave, washing across the Corn Belt from Minnesota to the ...
Misgivings about how a weed killer affects the soil
ALTON, Iowa — The puny, yellow corn stalks stand like weary sentries on one boundary of Dennis Von Arb’s field ...
USDA approves Non-GMO Project’s label claims
In a first for the U.S., the Agriculture Department has approved the Non-GMO project's labels for meat and liquid egg ...
UK: Kraft’s GE wheat label is a mistake
The following is an edited excerpt. The case of the labels warning of genetically modified wheat found on Kraft Mac ...
Connecticut passes first GE labeling bill with qualifications
The following is an edited excerpt. Connecticut on Monday became the first state to pass a bill that would require ...
Food companies struggle to replace GM ingredients
What exactly does it take to gain certification as "non-GMO" food? ...
Report on U.S. meat sounds alarm on resistant bacteria
The following is an excerpt. More than half of samples of ground turkey, pork chops and ground beef collected from ...
Food politics creates rift in panel on labeling
The following is an excerpt. The politics of genetically modified food has created a rift in a policy-setting committee of ...