Proposed 2018 Farm Bill includes amendments aimed at streamlining regulation of genetic engineering
Story Date: 4/24/2018

 

Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 4/23/18

The House Agriculture Committee approved a group of 15 Republican amendments to the panel’s farm bill that would modify a crop insurance restriction while addressing broadband, biotechnology, organic food standards and other issues.
An amendment by Neal Dunn, R-Fla., would create a Biotechnology and Agricultural Trade Program to advocate against foreign trade barriers that restrict the use of genetically-engineered commodities. Another Dunn provision would set up a national...

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