[This action alert is over.] Comments must be received by July 3. When the giant biotech companies were able to ram the DARK Act through Congress in 2016, eliminating the right of states to establish their own labeling standards for GMOs, the law required the USDA to come up with a federal GMO labeling scheme…. Read more »
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Neb.-based Promiseland sues USDA over suspension
The Belleville News Democrat By TIMBERLY ROSS, Associated Press Promiseland Livestock filed a federal lawsuit Friday to stop the U.S. Department of Agriculture from suspending the Nebraska-based company’s organic certification. The lawsuit accuses the USDA of abusing its power when it decided to strip Promiseland of its organic certification for five years after accusing the… Read more »
Origin of Livestock Rule Crawls Through Regulatory Mire
The crisis in organic dairy is ongoing, with many family scale organic farms barely staying afloat or already out of business. Source: Taylor Bennett, Flickr Ethical farmers believe this crisis is perpetuated by differing applications of the “origin of livestock” rules in the organic standards. And some certifiers do appear to allow their dairy clients… Read more »
Proposed GMO Labeling Law Would Not Label Most GMOs
Cornucopia’s Take: The proposed GMO labeling law set to take effect in 2019 exempts products containing GMO sugars and oils or less than 5% GMO ingredients total. A recent Environmental Working Group analysis suggests that this would exempt the majority of products currently on the market containing GMO ingredients. Read the article below for more… Read more »
(ALERT OVER) — Want Better Oversight of Genetically Engineered Crops?
Now’s your chance! National Organic Coalition In the waning months of the Bush Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a proposal to completely overhaul regulation of genetically engineered (GE)crops. The plan significantly weakens USDA oversight. The proposed rules would virtually ensure that contamination of organic and conventional crops will become even more frequent,… Read more »
Counterfeit Food More Widespread Than Suspected
New York Times By Stephen Castle and Doreen Carvajal GREAT DALBY, England — Invisible from the roadway, hidden deep in the lush English countryside, Moscow Farm is an unlikely base for an international organized crime gang churning out a dangerous brew of fake vodka. But a quarter of a mile off a one-lane road here,… Read more »
Groups Sue to Force FDA to Act on Chemical in Food Packaging
Center for Food Safety Perchlorate is highly flammable and used in rocket fuel Source: Steve Jurvetson The Natural Resources Defense Council and Center for Food Safety, on behalf of themselves and four other public health and environmental organizations, sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today to force it to act on a petition to ban perchlorate in… Read more »
FDA to Issue Two Revised FSMA Rules Next Summer
[NOTE: This is a big interim victory for the many Cornucopia members who made their voices heard by either executing a proxy letter and/or submitting comments directly to the FDA on their (less than user-friendly) website. Besides for The Cornucopia Institute, many other NGOs involved in the Good Food Movement also encouraged their members to… Read more »
National Organic Standards Board Spring Meeting Recap
Did you miss the recent National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting in Atlanta, Georgia? Cornucopia has you covered! The NOSB is a federal advisory committee that makes recommendations to the National Organic Program (NOP) on organic materials and standards. The group of volunteers from different areas of the organic community meets twice annually to take… Read more »
Beef Controversy Could Delay New Organic Livestock Rulemaking
Strong Consensus on Dairy Provisions, Cracking down on Factory Farms, Could Be Jeopardized CORNUCOPIA, WI: Some organic policy experts are asking the USDA to separate new regulations addressing the management of organic beef cattle and organic dairy cows when their final rule comes out updating the organic livestock standards. After many years of wrangling in… Read more »
