“Star Trek” is a perfect parallel to biotech regulation, where the precautionary principle (PP) dominates policy discussions.
House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement on a $1 trillion appropriations bill for FY-2017 — including a $3 million budget for the USDA and FDA to educate consumers on agricultural biotechnology and biotechnology-derived food products and animal feed. The budget, which will fund the federal government through September, rejects most of the Administration’s proposed […]
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is calling on the Trump administration to roll back overly precautionary regulations to encourage innovations that produce safer and more sustainable crops and livestock, while still preventing unreasonable risks to public and environmental welfare, in a new report issued today. “From reducing the need for pesticides to increasing […]
The use of GMOs has a more than 20-year history in the United States, and the seeds are used throughout the world.
Research needs to be included in the next farm bill. That was the message the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee heard from witnesses Thursday.