On June 25, 2015, The
House Agricultural Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research
held a public hearing reviewing USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
programs.
At the hearing, Deputy
Administrator of Livestock Poultry and Seed Program for USDA’s Agricultural
Marketing Service, Dr. Craig Morris, testified regarding AMS recently approving
a process verified program that allows companies to voluntarily seek
third-party verification to market their products as non-GMO that are 99.1% or
above non-genetically engineered material.
According to the AMS program, if a company’s product is verified, they are
permitted to sell that product using the USDA Process Verified Shield.
Chairman of the
Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Rodney Davis (R-IL),
remarked in his closing statements that USDA has “the capability and resources
to provide valuable oversight of these voluntary marketing claims” and that the
U.S. currently has “a robust regulatory review process to ensure human, plant
and animals health, as well as environmental health.”
Written by Katharine Richter - Research Assistant
June 26, 2015
No comments:
Post a Comment