This post is on an open comment period held by APHIS, an agency within the USDA, titled Movement of Certain Genetically Engineered Organisms. I know it’s a mouthful, which is why I’m going to deconstruct it here. APHIS has been the main regulatory agency for biotechnology and GMOs since 1987. If you need a refresher on…
This is the second post covering GMOs. The first one gave background on the subject, while this post will be more in-depth. Lets dive right into the exceptions to USDA regulation that I wrote about in the last post. APHIS has determined that crops do not trigger oversight if they use newer techniques like CRISPR…
In my first post, I listed three procedures banned in organic food production: ionizing radiation, genetic engineering (GE), and sewage sludge. I wrote a full post on radiation, so now I want to dive into genetic engineering. This is going to a be a two-part topic, mostly because I started writing and then I kept…