The final report from the Romaine Task Force, started in the wake of several outbreaks traced to the lettuce, is far from over, but recommendations could come by December.
**To help determine how to implement the GMO labeling law signed into law last year, USDA’s Ag Marketing Service has questioned stakeholders on topics from how to deal with allowable thresholds for bioengineered substances TO the specific labeling language allowed...
A White House petition asking the President to veto the GMO labeling bill reached 100,000 signatures over the threshold needed to get a formal response from the President. However, as Politico reports, the petition is almost certainly too little too late, as Obama has already said he intends to sign the bill, however, there is no indication when he may do so...
Tuesday Saudi Arabia reopened it’s market to U.S. beef giving producers and exports access to Saudi consumers after four years of being shut out of this market. They have been closed to US beef shipments since 2012 when an “atypical” case of mad cow diseases was detected according to the USDA...
Michigan Democrat and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow told consumer groups last week that any proposed GMO labeling bill will not be perfect. Groups such as Just Label It and the Center for Food Safety have pushed for a nationwide, mandatory GMO labeling system, such as the one set to take effect in Vermont in July...
The Senate is back in session after a two-week break. The Senate failed to limit debate on a voluntary GMO-labeling bill last month, and supporters are vowing to try again. The question is whether enough middle ground can be found to get farm-state Democrats and state’s-rights Republicans to vote for the bill...
As food companies are preparing to comply with the Vermont GMO labeling law, many other states are now considering their own GMO labeling laws including Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Those bills largely mirror the Vermont law...
The Federal Reserve will not increase interest rates at this week’s meeting but will likely hint that rate hikes are on the horizon. As long as U.S. inflation and jobs continue to strengthen, economic weakness overseas won't stop rates from rising soon...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association is preparing to prove in court that officials didn't know that they were violating Washington State law when they decided to set up an account for food companies to pay into in order to oppose the 2013 GMO labeling ballot initiative there without having to disclose where the money came from...