U.S. House bill would prevent mandatory GMO labeling. Ag Minute for July 27, 2015

The bill scheduled for a vote Thursday is backed by the food industry, which has fought state labeling efforts around the country. So far, Vermont is the only state set to require the labels. Click here for full story.

GM food labeling memorial passes House committee - AgMinute for February 27, 2015

A joint memorial from the Idaho Legislature to Congress urging the federal government to create a national policy for the labeling of genetically engineered foods has passed a House committee. For more information visit www.capitalpress.com

Congress to review genetically modified food labeling - AgMinute for December 12, 2014

The Food and Drug Administration typically has shied away from the subject, leaving the issue of labeling the genetically modified organisms — foods grown from seeds engineered in labs — to the states. But Congress has weighed in as the food industry has faced a potential patchwork of state laws requiring the labeling. Click here for the full story

WTO panel rules COOL detrimental to Canada, Mexico - AgMinute for October 21, 2014

A WTO compliance panel on Monday ruled an amended U.S. country of origin labeling measure has a detrimental impact on imported Canadian and Mexican livestock. Click here for the full story

Vermont passes GMO labeling bill - AgMinute for April 28, 2014

Vermont lawmakers have passed the country’s first state bill to require the labeling of genetically modified foods, underscoring a division between powerful lobbyists for the U.S. food industry and an American public that overwhelmingly says it approves of the idea. Click here for the full story

NAWG supports GMO labeling proposal - AgMinute for April 21, 2014

The National Association of Wheat Growers supports the proposed Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act. If passed, the legislation would help provide clarity to the GMO issue, says Will Stafford, director of government affairs for trade, transportation and commodity markets. Click here for the full story

Defending COOL — AgMinute for Aug. 21, 2013

A court has allowed farm groups that support the U.S. Department of Agriculture's mandatory country-of-origin meat labeling regulations to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the rules.

Naturally biotech — AgMinute for July 18, 2013

A federal judge has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to determine whether food made with genetically engineered crops can be labeled as "natural."

Read about how farmers are confronting controversy over biotechnology in "Surviving a Biotech Backlash," available at http://bit.ly/BiotechBacklash

Beef on labeling — AgMinute for March 13, 2013

A Canadian cattlemen's group is sharply criticizing the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new mandatory country-of-origin labeling proposal, arguing it will make trade relations between the two countries worse.

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Waiting for final word on COOL

So what does the new country-of-origin labeling law mean for food processors? Well, that's still a little hard to say, as the following video from the Idaho Farm Bureau illustrates.



One way to know what's in food is to watch it being made, or make it yourself. Here's a little video story by Cookson Beecher on making apple juice in Washington.