Food Safety Org Urges Vilsack, Becerra To Overturn GE Animal MOU

The Center for Food Safety wants U.S. Department of Agriculture chief Tom Vilsack and HHS Secretary-nominee Xavier Becerra to overturn a controversial memorandum of understanding, signed in the last days of the Trump administration, that transferred most of the regulatory authority over genetically modified animals from FDA to USDA. In a letter sent to Vilsack Tuesday (March 2) , Center for Food Safety Policy Director Jaydee Hanson argues the Trump administration’s MOU, which was opposed by FDA officials, loosened regulation...