Consumers have become more health conscious in the past few decades, which has given rise to the popularity of foods labeled as "organic" and "non-GMO." However, despite a higher interest in these ...

Approvals can now begin on what are termed “negative claims” on labels for meat, poultry and egg products that do not contain bioengineered ingredients or that are derived from livestock that do not ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has approved for the first time a third-party certification label that claims a meat product is free of genetically ...

Mexico reached an agreement with food manufacturers to use only non-GMO corn in tortilla production across the country. The government says it plans to implement new import tariffs on white corn ...

Labels promising “all-natural,” “organic,” “naturally grown,” “non-GMO” and “free-range” ingredients inform shoppers that the food they’re about to consume is certifiably healthy. Or is it? National ...

Consumers are seeking out and finding a jumble of certifications, claims, allergen disclosures, "free-from" statements, and more whenever they pick up a product in the grocery store. Two of the labels ...

Baby food giant Gerber faces a class-action lawsuit alleging that it falsely marketed some of its products as "non-GMO." The litigation is frivolous, but Gerber could have done itself a favor had it ...

BELLINGHAM, WASH. — The Non-GMO Project has published the first version of its Non-UPF Verified Standard certification, a third-party certification that defines what foods qualify as not ...

KANSAS CITY — Achieving non-GMO certification when working with soybean oil may prove problematic. Biotech varieties accounted for 95% of the 86.7 million acres of soybeans planted in the United ...