Food manufacturers were dealt a setback in December when Congress adjourned without taking action on legislation to set a national standard for labels on food products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

FDA gives safety approval for genetically engineered potato

Jeremy Gerrard

January 14, 2016

FDA has completed its food and feed safety assessment and approved the J.R. Simplot Company’s second generation Innate potato.

TECH FLASH

Campbell will disclose GMOs on products

Breaking away from its peers, the soup company says it will support a federal legislation establishing a mandatory labeling standard.

Jeremy Gerrard

January 12, 2016

If a federal solution cannot be established in a reasonable amount of time, Campbell is prepared to disclose the presence of GMOs on the labels of all its US products that contain them.

Campbell’s supports mandatory GMO labeling, will disclose GMOs on products

Jeremy Gerrard

January 8, 2016

The Campbell Soup Company says it fully supports federal legislation that would establish a single mandatory labeling standard for GMOs

Regulatory Watch

Two guidances issued for ingredients from GE or non-GE sources

January 8, 2016

FDA’s approval of AquaBounty Technologies’ application for AquAdvantage Salmon, an Atlantic salmon that reaches market size more quickly than non-genetically engineered (GE) fish, brought cheers from food industry groups.

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