Sonny Perdue proposes transferring animal biotech regulation to USDA
According to a statement from the USDA, the agency will begin an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to solicit public input and feedback on the contemplated regulatory framework.
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Washington U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture will move forward on a proposal to transfer animal biotechnology regulations from the Food and Drug Administration to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
According to a statement from the USDA, the agency will begin an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to solicit public input and feedback on the contemplated regulatory framework.
R-CALF USA recently submitted a motion to file a friend-of-the-court brief and a brief to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in an effort to prevent the Federal Meat Inspection Act from being interpreted to govern both beef labeling and beef advertising, which the ranch group says would severely limit state s rights.
According to the ranch group, the FMIA governs beef labeling, not beef advertising. Our goal is to prevent the court from inadvertently expanding the scope of the FMIA to include advertising, which would render any future claims against the false advertisement of domestic or imported beef all but impossible, said R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard.
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Dec 21, 2020 12:26 PM
US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a significant step in modernizing regulations of agricultural animals modified or produced by genetic engineering.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will be moving forward with an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to solicit public input and feedback on a contemplated regulatory framework that would modernize our system into a scientifically-sound, risk-based, and predictable process that facilitates the development and use of these technologies for U.S. farmers and ranchers under USDA’s authorities. This initiative follows President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on agricultural biotechnology that called upon federal agencies to make regulatory improvements to rectify some of the long-standing barriers to innovation for U.S. agriculture.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. On Dec. 21, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a significant step in modernizing regulations of agricultural animals modified or produced by genetic engineering.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be moving forward with an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to solicit public input and feedback on a contemplated regulatory framework that would modernize our system into a scientifically-sound, risk-based, and predictable process that facilitates the development and use of these technologies for U.S. farmers and ranchers under USDA’s authorities. This initiative follows President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on agricultural biotechnology that called upon federal agencies to make regulatory improvements to rectify some of the long-standing barriers to innovation for U.S. agriculture.