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Biotechnology

07.12.19 Biotechnology, Newsletter

BIO’s World Congress focuses on technology, transparency, trust-building with consumers

By Bobby Frederick, Director of Legislative Affairs and Public Policy Nearly 1,000 attendees packed the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines on July 8-11 to hear company presentations and listen to TED-style talks from scientists, academics, growers, livestock producers, grain handlers, and government officials, during the Biotechnology Innovation Organization’s (BIO) World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology.   Enthusiasm surrounding gene editing was a  major focus of the conference, but so were the concepts of transparency and building trust with consumers, which are ... Read More

06.14.19 Biotechnology, Newsletter

Trump issues executive order to streamline biotech regulation

By Sarah Gonzalez, Director of Communications and Digital Media President Donald Trump directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to streamline their regulation of agricultural biotechnology in an executive order issued June 11. “The United States must employ a science-based regulatory system that evaluates products based on human health and safety and potential benefits and risks to the environment,” the executive order stated. “Such a system must both foster public confidence in ... Read More

06.06.19 Biotechnology, Newsletter

USDA publishes new proposed rules for regulating biotech products

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today (June 6) published a new proposed rule for the regulation of plant-based agricultural biotechnology products.   Under the proposed rule, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) – which has authority to determine whether agricultural biotech traits pose a plant pest or noxious weed risk to the environment – would exempt most crops developed with gene-editing techniques from regulation. APHIS said these plants can be produced through traditional breeding techniques, making them unlikely to pose a greater plant pest risk ... Read More

04.26.19 Biotechnology, Newsletter

European industry groups urge changes to European biotech law

By Randy Gordon, President and CEO A diverse collection of 21 European agricultural, food, chemical, health care and machinery organizations on April 23 distributed an “open letter” to European Union (EU) member states urging that they initiate targeted changes to Europe’s biotech law to allow for the adoption of more “practical and science-based rules” to govern new plant breeding methods, such as gene-editing. The letter was spurred by the European Court of Justice’s decision in July 2018 that interpreted the provisions of EU GMO Directive 2001/18 as requiring that products derived ... Read More

01.11.19 Biotechnology, Newsletter

China issues five new import approvals and 26 import renewals for genetically modified crops

By Bobby Frederick, Director of Legislative Affairs and Public Policy For the first time since mid-2017, China this week announced import approvals for genetically modified crops. The Chinese government announced the approvals on Jan. 8 during a round of trade talks in Beijing between Chinese officials and a U.S. delegation that included USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney.   The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of the People’s Republic of China approved the following genetically modified crops for import: Corn (1): ... Read More

12.21.18 Biotechnology, Newsletter

USDA issues final rule implementing Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

By Sarah Gonzalez, Director of Communications and Digital Media; and Randy Gordon, President The U.S. Department Agriculture (USDA) on Dec. 20 issued its final rule for the National Bioengineered Disclosure Standard, adopting several of NGFA’s recommendations submitted in response to the agency’s proposed rule for implementing the congressionally required mandatory labeling of bioengineered food. The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law, passed by Congress in July 2016, directed USDA to establish a national mandatory standard for food manufacturers, importers and certain retailers ... Read More

12.20.18 Biotechnology, Press Releases

NGFA commends USDA’s issuance of Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 20, 2018 -- The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) today commended the U.S. Department Agriculture’s (USDA) issuance of the final rule for the National Bioengineered Disclosure Standard. As a member of the Steering Committee of the Safe Affordable Food Coalition, the NGFA said the rule, which USDA published on Dec. 20, provides consumers access to more information about the bioengineered content of the food they purchase, while providing for national uniformity in bioengineered food labeling that is essential to providing consumers with continued access to a ... Read More

11.02.18 Biotechnology, Newsletter

USDA plans to propose overhaul of its biotech regs in March

By Randy Gordon, President The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) also is planning next spring to propose a major overhaul of its approach to regulating plant biotechnology. The proposal, which is expected to be issued for public comment as early as March 2019, is intended to revamp the agency’s so-called “Part 340” regulations under which it determines whether plant biotechnology methods – including genome editing – pose a plant pest risk.  APHIS has jurisdiction over plant pest risks under the Plant Protection Act. USDA, the Food ... Read More

11.02.18 Biotechnology, Newsletter

FDA announces plan to update policies and industry guidance on plant, animal biotechnology

By Randy Gordon, President The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Oct. 29 announced its intent to update its policies and issue several new guidance documents over the next year outlining the agency’s approach to providing regulatory oversight of plant and animal biotechnology, including the application of such plant breeding innovation techniques as gene (genome) editing. The agency outlined its approach in a five-page “Plant and Animal Biotechnology Innovation Action Plan” available here. The unveiling of FDA’s plan follows the agency’s 2017 request for public comments on its ... Read More

08.24.18 Biotechnology, Newsletter

EU authorizes import of five GMO products

The European Commission (EC) has announced authorization allowing the import of five genetically modified strains of corn and sugar beets for use as food or feed.  The approvals include two new ones for stacked biotech corn traits developed by Monsanto and DuPont Pioneer – MON 87427 X MON 89034 x NK 603; and 1507 X 59122 X MON 810 X NK 603. Both are herbicide and insect-resistant traits. The EC also renewed the market authorization for two strains of biotech-enhanced corn (DAS-59122-7 and GA 21), as well as one sugar beet trait (H7-1). The authorizations came after approval by ... Read More

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Lacy Holleman
Manager of Legal Affairs and Arbitration

lholleman@ngfa.org

Lacy provides staff support for one of NGFA’s premier member services – its more than century old system of industry trade rules and arbitration that facilitates the efficient marketing of grains, oilseeds and their derived products. She also works on contracting, legal and other related matters.

An Arkansas native, Lacy received her undergraduate degree with a double major in history and Russian studies from the University of Tulsa (Okla.) and her law degree from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. Prior to joining NGFA’s staff in November 2020, she managed a local business at the Pentagon and completed mediation training required by the North Carolina Supreme Court for those seeking to serve as mediators for settlement conferences and other settlement procedures in North Carolina Superior Court civil actions. She also has worked as an assistant for a law firm in her native state.