NFFC was in the news after a federal court ruled in our favor that the USDA failed to adequately regulate genetically modified crops.

From Newsweek:

It was “arbitrary and capricious” of the U.S. government to exempt genetically modified crops from safety regulations, a federal judge has ruled.

The ruling by San Francisco-based James Donato is a major setback for the multibillion genetically modified crop industry, which had lobbied to be excluded from the rules.

The case was taken against agriculture secretary, Tom Vilsack by the National Family Farm Coalition and others opposed to genetically modified crops.

The article continued…

“Plaintiffs, who are nonprofit and public-interest groups organized around concerns for farmers, crops, food safety, and the environment, object to the final rule. In plaintiffs’ view, the final rule effectively abandoned federal government regulation of GE organisms, leaving GE crop developers and agribusinesses to their own devices without adequate safety and other oversight,” Donato noted.

Read the full article from Newsweek here.

Additional press coverage:

The New Lede, “Court rules USDA’s GE crop rules break law, must be reworked” (link).

Courthouse News Service, “Environmentalists notch win in GMO rulemaking case” (link).

Bloomberg Law, “Genetically Engineered Organism Rule Gets Struck Down by Court” (link).

The National Law Review, “District Court Grants Summary Judgment in Part to Plaintiffs, Vacating and Remanding Final SECURE Rule to USDA” (link).