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Meet ‘Rosé’, Del Monte’s New Red-Fleshed GMO Pineapple

Jill Ettinger — Thu, 02 May 2013 08:42:34 +0000

It sounds harmless enough, like something you'd serve on special occasions. But Del Monte's red-fleshed Rosé pineapple is special for another reason: it's genetically modified.

Non-GMO Food Gets Another Certifier: GMO Guard

Jill Ettinger — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:22:17 +0000

Natural Food Certifiers (NFC), known for its organic, kosher, gluten and vegan certification programs has launched GMO Guard, a third party verification program certifying non-GMO foods. The category of non-GMO certifiers has been slim compared with organic or kosher certification programs. Currently, the largest non-GMO certification program in the U.S. is the Non-GMO Project. The [...]

Rules Don’t Apply to Monsanto, GMO Companies Given “Immunity” From the Courts

Jill Ettinger — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:15:39 +0000

Monsanto and the biotech industry received good news this week when Congress approved a resolution bill, which included a provision nicknamed the "Monsanto Protection Act."

General Mills’ Small Planet Foods Division Gets Non-GMO Verification

Jill Ettinger — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:31:02 +0000

With Whole Foods Market's recent announcement that labeling of all foods sold in its U.S. and Canadian stores containing genetically modified ingredients will be mandatory by 2018, some manufacturers have already begun taking steps to ensure their product offerings are free from GMOs. The latest to join the Non-GMO verified program is Small Planet Foods, a subsidiary of General Mills.

GMO Labeling Campaign Efforts Strengthened By Organic Partnership

Jill Ettinger — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:25:02 +0000

Efforts to bring about national labeling regulations for foods containing genetically modified ingredients sold in the U.S. were strengthened by the recent announcement of a collaborative partnership between the Environmental Working Group and Organic Voices.

Say What? Is Walmart Supporting GMO Labeling in the U.S.?

Jill Ettinger — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:47:35 +0000

Efforts to get federal or state regulations to mandate the labeling of foods containing controversial genetically modified ingredients may have just received a bump from an unlikely supporter: Walmart.

European Union Releases Data on Controversial Monsanto GMO Corn Strain

Jill Ettinger — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:16:41 +0000

--> With concerns growing over genetically modified foods stirred up by a recent French study, the European Food Safety Authority, the European Union's risk assessment body for food safety, has announced its release of all data on a strain of genetically modified corn engineered by Monsanto on its website.

GMO Pig Development Gets $500,000 from USDA

Jill Ettinger — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 09:32:25 +0000

With the near-certain approval by the FDA for Aqua Bounty's genetically modified salmon, which would be the first GMO animal allowed in the U.S. food supply, the USDA has announced a $500,000 grant for research on developing genetically modifying pig genomes, reports Sustainable Food News.

Mandatory GMO Labeling and Regulation Efforts Not Giving Up

Jill Ettinger — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 09:46:33 +0000

Many California foodies are still licking their wounds from the narrow defeat of Proposition 37 in November, which lost by 6 percentage points, but momentum to see genetically modified organisms regulated and labeled is picking up around the country—the latest effort coming out of New Mexico.

GMO Salmon Swims Closer to Market, FDA’s Ruling Making Waves

Jill Ettinger — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 08:00:56 +0000

Despite facing a dwindling cash supply, which could cripple efforts by Aqua Bounty to bring its genetically modified AquAdvantage salmon to market, the FDA has announced its opinion in favor of the fish.