The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

New York State bans glyphosate on public property

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill at the end of 2020 prohibiting the herbicide glyphosate on public property, beginning December 31, 2021. The nation’s fourth most populous state thus acknowledges that the Environmental Protection Agency is failing to protect citizens from harmful chemicals. But what will replace glyphosate in pest and weed management? […]

Lawsuit challenging FDA approval of GMO additive in Impossible Burger moves forward

FDA fails to demand needed tests, its approval not based on “convincing evidence” as required by law Center for Food Safety (CFS) recently filed a legal brief in its challenge to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 2019 approval of soy leghemoglobin (“heme”), a color additive used to make Impossible Foods’ eponymous plant-based burger, the Impossible Burger, appear […]

Biotech developers make false non-GMO claims about gene-edited canola and alfalfa

Developers of gene-edited canola and alfalfa are falsely claiming their creations are non-GMO when in reality the leading non-GMO certification firms prohibit gene-edited products from being certified. Gene-editing is more precise, they say, offering quicker results than conventional breeding—and because the process modifies genes already present in the plant instead of inserting foreign DNA, they […]

Top food service company Aramark rejects GMO salmon ahead of first U.S. sales

Three of the largest food service companies in the U.S. have rejected genetically engineered salmon Top food service company Aramark recently announced its commitment not to sell genetically engineered (GE) salmon. The producer of the salmon, AquaBounty Technologies, announced plans to sell its first-ever harvest in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2021.   The announcement came in an update of […]

Multiple countries take steps to stop GMOs

GMO-free campaigners had a lot to celebrate in January as several countries, including Mexico, Peru, Italy, and Tanzania made significant moves to stop genetically modified crops and foods. On January 1, 2021, Mexico announced a Presidential Decree to phase out the “use, acquisition, distribution, promotion, and import” of glyphosate. Users and retailers have until January […]