Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USDA offers two official labels for products that are identical by circular green images with two different sets of text: ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines bioengineered food as food that “contains detectable genetic material that has been modified through certain lab techniques that cannot be created through ...

The Situation: The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard, promulgated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, went into effect on January 1, 2022. The Result: Food manufacturers, importers, ...

Public comments on USDA’s GMO labeling rule have exposed sharp divisions about whether it should include refined ingredients from GM crops, or foods produced via modern gene-editing techniques such as ...

The USDA's "bioengineered" (GMO) food label is expensive and pointless, facts widely disseminated by the science community. The media has been critical of the new labeling regulations as well, though ...

The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard – which requires firms to label ‘bioengineered’ foods and beverages - is unlawful and should be nullified and then revised, according to a lawsuit ...

The USDA committed legal error by exempting “highly processed foods,” such as sugar, from being labeled as “bioengineered,” according to federal appeals court ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. That argument got a ...

While farm groups are pleased with USDA’s new disclosure standard for bioengineered foods, others are not. Some public interest and environmental advocacy groups contend the standard is deceptive and ...