Court blocks updated USDA regs for genetic engineering

12/03/24 4:15 PM By Steve Davies

A federal judge has vacated USDA’s 2020 rule exempting genetically engineered plants from regulation, which likely will delay USDA approval of crops engineered with traits to resist herbicides.

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