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The National Bioengineered (GMO) Food Disclosure Standard

Sarah Everhart

Feb 12, 2019
3 min

The National Bioengineered (GMO) Food Disclosure Standard

By Sarah Everhart This article is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. On December 21, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service issued its final rule establishing the national bioengineered (BE) food disclosure standard (Standard)- in other words the federal GMO labeling law. You may remember back in 2016, in an attempt to prevent states from passing conflicting GMO labeling laws, Congress passe

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A Class Action Lawsuit Over Carnitas- Schneider, et al v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.

Sarah Everhart

Oct 16, 2018
3 min

A Class Action Lawsuit Over Carnitas- Schneider, et al v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.

By Sarah Everhart See here for the site’s reposting policy. On September 29, the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California granted a motion for class certification in Schneider, et al v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., Case No. 16-cv-02200-HSG. The four plaintiffs in the case are alleging that Chipotle’s claims that its products were “non-GMO” and “GMO-free” violated California, Maryland, and New York consumer protection laws. According to Maryland’s consumer

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Sep 1, 2017
2 min

Weekly Roundup Sept. 1st

By Sarah Fielder Injured Woman Sues Organizers of the Punkin Chunkin Championship A Delaware woman injured last year during the Punkin Chunkin Championship in Delaware has sued the organizers, the state agency in charge of checking the air cannon used, and the Discovery Channel in federal court. The plaintiff claims injuries due to the negligence of the parties involved. This comes on the heels of organizers struggling to find sponsors and potentially having to cancel this

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May 12, 2017
3 min

Weekly Roundup May 12th

By Sarah Fielder Undercover Video of Pennsylvania Dairy Released Compassion Over Killing has released an undercover video of alleged abuse on a Pennsylvania dairy this week. The dairy is responding to these allegations currently. The story in Dairy Herd Management highlights what farms should do when faced with a crisis such as this, check out the story here http://bit.ly/2q2NOTJ. Syngenta Class Action Update Tiffany Lashment on her blog has a very good update of the ongoin

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Aug 15, 2016
5 min

GMO Labeling Timeline – What Happened and Why? Part II

By Mayhah Suri and Ashley Ellixson The past few weeks have been chock-full of developments on the genetically modified organisms (GMO) labeling front. Late last month, President Obama has signed a bill requiring all foods containing GM ingredients be labeled. Today is the second in a two-part blog post on this huge development in food law. For a refresher on what “GMO” means, check out Ashley’s post from last year. As mentioned in part one of this series , the U.S. Departmen

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Aug 11, 2016
4 min

GMO Labeling Timeline – What Happened and Why? Part I

By Mayhah Suri and Ashley Ellixson The past few weeks have been chock-full of developments on the genetically modified organisms (GMO) labeling front. As we reported in our news post last Friday, President Obama has signed a bill requiring all foods containing GM ingredients be labeled. Today is the first in a two-part blog post on this huge development in food law. This post lists the timeline of key events over the past three years which brought us to this point. The timeli

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Two More New England States Look at GMO Labeling