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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, March 29, 2024
It’s all political. That’s the message from the U.S. to the three-member U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement panel that will be ruling on the U.S. complaint against Mexico’s attempt to block imports of genetically engineered corn.
Biotech plant developers are pleased with a proposal from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to create five new regulatory exemptions for genetically modified plants.
Mexico’s attempts to rid the country of genetically modified corn from the U.S. could ultimately be put in the hands of a third-party dispute panel, and both sides are counting on science and common sense to prevail.
Beth Ellikidis has been tapped as the new vice president, agriculture and environment at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, and House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott makes several promotions on the majority agriculture staff.