Groups urge USDA to set tighter rules for GMO crops

Three-dozen consumer groups and businesses asked the USDA to tighten its regulation of crops containing genetically modified organisms as part of an overhaul of its regulatory system, said Reuters. The USDA says it wants to update its system. It began a modernization in 2008, then withdrew that proposal earlier this year and started over. In recommendations… » Read More

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