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Tag Archives: Grocery Manufacturers Association
Uncovering Innovation: Consumers and Transparency
Growers, processors, distributors, and retailers are all working together to provide solutions to sustainability, technology, and transparency issues to their consumers, a panel at the BIO International Convention emphasized on Tuesday. The panel, Uncovering Innovation: Consumers and Transparency, was part of the annual Food and Ag Day at the convention. The panel featured Roger Lowe from the Grocery Manufacturers Association, Cameron Bruett from JBS, and Doug Cole from the J.R. Simplot Company. Sustainability is a Read More >
Food Waste: Can Biotech Play a Role?
“40% of food grown in U.S. is wasted.” – House Ag Commitee Chairman Conaway On Wednesday, May 25, 2016, the House Committee on Agriculture held a hearing to examine what voluntary efforts can be done to address the issue of food waste. The hearing was titled Food Waste from Field to Table and witnesses included Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), along with several other experts on the issue. Ms. Dana Gunders, Senior Scientist, Food & Agriculture Program, National Resources Defense Read More >
GMO Feed Has Caused the Latest Divide in the Labeling Debate
If a dairy cow eats feed made from genetically engineered grain – and most do – does the milk it produces need to be designated as a GMO product? What about bacon from a pig that ate GMO feed? This is one of the “latest issues that’s holding up senators as they try to cobble together a federal bill to pre-empt a coming onslaught of state GMO labeling laws,” argued AgriPulse’s Bill Tomson. In his recent piece, Tomson Read More >
Could the SmartLabel Fix the Food Labeling Fight?
Food trade journal Sustainable Brands reported on the new SmartLabel introduced by the Grocery Manufacturers Association to help meet the public’s desire for more information about food and other products. Hershey is the first brand to adopt it. Starting in 2016, you’ll see branded products with a smartphone-readable QR code printed on the packaging that will link consumers to websites containing far more information than could ever fit on a product’s packaging — consumers will Read More >
Congress, Media Focused on Biotech Food Labeling
Media coverage of the biotech food labeling debate is at a fever pitch as the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act (H.R. 1599) is poised to see action on the floor of the House of Representatives this week. Among the highlights: Charles Conner, former United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and current president and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives wrote an op-ed in RollCall: GMOs have been around for decades, helping farmers Read More >
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Tags: agriculture, Benefits of biotech crops, biotechnology, Center for Accountability in Science, Center for Science in the Public Interest, FDA, Food, food labeling, Genetically Modified Organisms, GMO labeling, GMOs, Grocery Manufacturers Association, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Plant biotechnology, Rep. Frank Lucas, Texas Farm Bureau
Tags: agriculture, Benefits of biotech crops, biotechnology, Center for Accountability in Science, Center for Science in the Public Interest, FDA, Food, food labeling, Genetically Modified Organisms, GMO labeling, GMOs, Grocery Manufacturers Association, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Plant biotechnology, Rep. Frank Lucas, Texas Farm Bureau
