Tag: Genetically Engineered Foods
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Big Biotech Sues Little Island Over GMO Law
By Maureen Nandini Mitra As was expected, Big Biotech’s legal juggernaut has rolled into action in Hawai’i. On Friday afternoon, three big agrochemical companies—Pioneer-DuPont, Syngenta and Agrigenetics Inc. (a subsidiary of Dow Chemical)—filed a suit in a federal court in Honolulu seeking to block Kaua’i County’s new genetically modified organism (GMO) regulatory law. Two other big agribusiness…
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Maine Governor Signs GMO Food Labeling Bill
Maine Gov. Paul LePage signed legislation today making Maine the second state to require labeling for genetically engineered (GE) foods. The GE food labeling will not take effect until five contiguous states enact similar legislation. [caption id="attachment_317454" align="alignnone" width="500"] Polls show 90-95 percent of Americans want GE food labeling. In 2013, 50 bills were introduced…
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General Mills Pulls GMOs From Original Cheerios
By Leslie Hatfield A new year meant a new formula for a classic cereal. For most of 2013, conscientious consumers led by Green America’s GMO Inside campaign kept pressure on General Mills to remove genetically modified ingredients from its iconic brand, Cheerios. And it worked—the company announced the change on Jan. 2. [caption id="attachment_317263" align="alignnone" width="500"] Only “classic”…
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Groups Challenge USDA’s Proposed Deregulation of GE Corn and Soybeans
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released for public input its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on Friday, which calls for the deregulation of genetically engineered (GE) corn and soybeans engineered to be tolerant to the toxic herbicide 2,4-D. [caption id="attachment_317067" align="alignnone" width="500"] The new varieties of GE crops are being produced by Dow AgroSciences under the brand…
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2014 Will Be a Make or Break Year for GMO and ‘Natural’ Food Labeling Fight
2014 is shaping up to be a decisive year for the future of food and farming. Grassroots activists are gearing up for new legislative battles, including state GMO labeling laws and county bans on growing genetically engineered crops. Meanwhile the multinational food corporations last month raised the stakes in the ongoing David vs. Goliath battle by…