March 29, 2018
Thomas Coburn LLP, Kim Bousquet, March 27, 2018- Facing a consumer fraud lawsuit based on your product’s “non-GMO” or “GMO-free” labeling? The USDA’s forthcoming rules on the National Bio-engineered Food Disclosure Standard may impact your defense. In a few months, the USDA is required to publish its proposed final rule …
September 27, 2017
Natural Resource Report, Oregonians for Food and Shelter, September 25, 2017- Thursday brought a great victory for Oregon agriculture as the Oregon Court of Appeals confirmed the lower court opinion on the Josephine County GMO ban initiative. The GMO ban, passed in May of 2014, was beginning to be implemented …
September 5, 2017
Tech Dirt, Glyn Moody, August 31, 2017- As multiple Techdirt stories attest, farmers do love their “ag-gag” laws, which effectively make it illegal for activists to expose animal abuse in agricultural establishments — although, strangely, farmers don’t phrase it quite like that. Big Ag — the giant seed and agricultural chemical companies such as Monsanto, …
August 8, 2017
Maui Now, August 4, 2017- The US Department of Agriculture is finalizing rules on GMO-labeling requirements over the next year. Today, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) and fellow lawmakers called on Secretary Purdue to ensure labeling standards are consumer-friendly, fair, and transparent. In July 2016, Congress passed GMO labeling standards into law …
March 21, 2017
Natural Resource Report March 20, 2017- Last week there were two OFS priority bills up for hearings. In the morning, the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on HB 2469. This bill would undermine the seed preemption law by exempting regulations on GMO crops from preemption. This would …