Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are living things that have had their genetic code artificially altered by scientists by inserting genetic code from another organism into their DNA. It’s still a ...

Online posts claimed Gates donated $50 million to develop RNA-based technology for crops that U.S. regulators had supposedly already approved.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Both the claim and the purported audio recording stemmed from a report by WDIV, a local news outlet in Detroit. According to the ...

The University of California opened its doors in 1869 with just 10 faculty members and 40 students. Today, the UC system has more than 300,000 students and 265,000 faculty and staff, with 2.5 million ...

USDA, EPA and FDA announced a joint plan Wednesday that lays out steps the agencies are taking to further streamline the regulation of genetically modified plants, animals and microorganisms. The ...

The Purple Galaxy Tomato splashed across the cover of this season's Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog: a closeup of a blackish-purple tomato speckled with tiny pink dots. Next to it, sits a sliced ...

The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard, enacted in 2016, required USDA to establish a national standard for disclosing foods that are or may be bioengineered (“BE”). The statute expressly ...

The Grocery Manufacturing Association and Food Marketing Institute have joined the conversation about establishing a national mandatory bioengineered-food disclosure standard, which would require food ...

For years, advocates of agricultural biotechnology have promised a future in which foods will be genetically engineered to give more nutrition and to prevent chronic diseases, in which crops will be ...

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