Center for Food Safety sues USDA over labeling of GE
The lawsuit was filed on 25 August in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. The Center for Food Safety's (CFS) claim is that USDA did not study the "electronic and digital disclosures" for GE foods and this is mandatory according to the GE Labeling Act (or Federal Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standards) that went into effect in 2016.
“Plaintiff Center for Food Safety (CFS) challenges the failure of Defendants Sonny Purdue, Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture; Bruce Summers, Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), an Administrative Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture; and the United States Department of Agriculture (collectively USDA) to comply with the GE Labeling Act. This is a case pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(1), for agency action «unlawfully withheld»,” CFS said in the statement.
According to CFS, over 90% of US residents support the measure of mandatory labeling for GE foods. Worldwide, there are 64 countries that already require the labeling of GE foods, including the European Union.
The lawsuit regarding the labeling of GE foods comes as AquaBounty, a genetical modified salmon producers, is starting to increase GE salmon production and it already exported nearly 5 tons to Canada. This was the first time that a genetically engineered animal has ever been sold for consumption on the open market.
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