Posted March 4, 2021
As one final favour to industrial meat companies, the Trump administration made a last ditch effort to move genetically engineered (GE) livestock regulations from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) responsibility just before their term ended. When FDA officials balked at such a rash move, former USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue went over their heads and signed an agreement with the head of Health and Human Services to move the review of most GE animals to USDA anyway. Please read and sign.