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Oregon GMO Labeling headed to a recount

According to Ballotpedia, Oregon’s Initiative 92, which would have required labeling of certain foods that are produced with or contain genetically modified ingredients,  was narrowly defeated on November 4. 2014.  However, the final margin of defeat was only 809 votes, so the measure will go to an automatic recount which could begin as early as …

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New poultry inspection rules at Dept of Agriculture

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According to a July 31, 2014 article in the New York Times, the US Department of Agriculture has just released new rules for inspections during processing of poultry.  Couple o’ highlights: 1)  Poultry processing plants will now be responsible for inspecting themselves. 2)  New rules would set the maximum speed of processing lines at inspection …

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FDA Bans cheese aged on boards, then changes mind (?!?!)

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On Tuesday the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that they would begin enforcing rules that ban all cheeses that are aged on wooden boards, a move that would effectively outlaw many American and French artisan cheeses. Then today, they changed their collective mind.  Apparently the public outcry that greeted this announcement was so …

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GM Alfalfa was in the food supply before USDA approval

“A food-safety advocacy group demanded on Friday that the U.S. government investigate how a Washington state alfalfa crop became tainted with a genetically modified trait that was illegal when the seed was purchased.” Reuter’s , September 27, 2013 According to a recent article in Reuters, a Washington State farmer has filed suit against Monsanto.  Seems …

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Tomatoes engineered for flavor

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A friend recently forwarded me this article by Kenneth Chang in the NY Times which discusses efforts by scientists at the University of Florida’s Institute for Plant Innovation to built a better tasting tomato that can still be mass marketed.  In this case, the methods to be used are plain old selective breeding, backed up …

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