Lawsuit Challenging USDA’s Regulation on Labeling of GE Foods

On Monday, July 27, 2020, the Center for Food Safety and other groups filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging USDA’s regulation on the labeling of GE foods.

The complaint claims that “Approximately eighty-seven percent of foods containing genetically engineered ingredients on supermarket shelves…contain highly refined GE ingredients (like sugar or corn or their derivatives).”

The complaint alleges “Consumers and retailers fully expected that producers would be required to disclose these ingredients under the Disclosure Act because without their labeling, the regulations establish a huge loophole that misses the vast majority of GE foods, contrary to the overarching purpose of the law.”

The complaint is linked above and a PDF is available below.