Sustainable Pulse

A federal court of appeals decision handed down recently, overturned a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rule on the disclosure of genetically engineered (GE or GMO) foods. The case challenged the USDA rulemaking which applied the 2016 federal law mandating GMO labeling, now called “Bioengineered.” USDA had exempted “highly refined” or ultra-processed GMO foods—such...

While genetically modified rice is not currently commercially available, GMO contamination in non-GMO rice is all too common — accounting for a third of all such events globally. Now, several countries are experimenting with genome-edited rice as deregulation allows these undetectable products to enter the market without transparency, traceability or labelling. Source: Non-GMO Project Rice is one...