The fast-approaching July 1, 2016, deadline for Vermont’s new labeling law – and a new federal proposal that would set a national system for disclosure – for genetically modified (GM) food has provoked a range of responses from food manufacturers while reigniting debate about the need to balance the weight of scientific evidence against consumer demand for transparency. At the center of the debate lay questions of trust in science and how the ways we communicate risk serve to increase or decrease that trust.
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Call for submissions on GM corn line application
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) today called for submissions on its assessment of a corn line that is genetically modified to be tolerant to a herbicide and protected against certain pests.
Call for submissions on processing aid application
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) today called for submissions on an application to use glutaminase sourced from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens as a processing aid.
Chinese farmers are illegally growing GMO corn: Greenpeace
Farmers are illegally growing genetically modified corn in China’s northeast, said environmental non-profit Greenpeace on Wednesday, in a report that may generate further distrust of the government’s ability to ensure a safe food supply.