GMOs 2.0/Synthetic Biology

Allowing gene editing in organic food production “won’t be tolerated by the organic community”

A recent suggestion by U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary Greg Ibach that gene editing should be considered for use in organic food production received a big thumb’s down by organic industry leaders, including the Organic Trade Association, Organic Farmers Association, and Organic Seed Alliance. Speaking at a U.S. House Agriculture Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and […]

New GMO technologies present big challenges to non-GMO supply chain, certification

Next generation GMOs are entering the food chain without regulation, claiming to be “non-transgenic”

Impossible Burger exec grilled at Sustainable Foods Summit

An executive from a company selling a genetically engineered meat alternative faced tough questions at the Sustainable Foods Summit held in San Francisco at the end of January. Nick Halla, chief strategy officer of Impossible Foods, gave a presentation about his company’s Impossible Burger as a sustainable solution to the problems of industrial meat production. […]

Is it possible the Impossible Burger is unsafe to eat?

FDA told lab meat manufacturer it hadn’t demonstrated safety of genetically engineered heme, which has never been in the food supply.

GMOs 2.0: New technologies, new risks, and no regulations

Many products made using new genetic engineering technologies such as synthetic biology and gene editing are entering the market with little or no regulation and even with “natural” or “non-GMO” claims