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Remarks On Regulating Genetically Modified Foods In The United States, L. Val Giddings
Remarks On Regulating Genetically Modified Foods In The United States, L. Val Giddings
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Thank you. I’m glad to be here today. Before I launch into my prepared remarks, I do want to correct a couple of things that Greg has just told you. Just for full disclosure, Greg and I shared an office about eighteen years ago when we both worked for the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. When I arrived in Washington, I spent five years working as an analyst on these sorts of issues. So as I’m about to pound on Greg for knowing a number of things that don’t happen to be true, please be aware that I’m not really …
Panel Remarks On Regulating Genetically Modified Foods In The United States, L. Val Giddings, Gregory Jaffe, David Hegewood, Kathleen Hart
Panel Remarks On Regulating Genetically Modified Foods In The United States, L. Val Giddings, Gregory Jaffe, David Hegewood, Kathleen Hart
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Thank you all. In my opinion, containment of pharmaceutical GM crops is essential and hard to do. The USDA just recently came up with some new guidelines for genetically modified pharm plants, but how can the public have an input into what’s going on if they don’t even know where the crops are growing, or what’s in the crops, because this is protected as confidential business information? Should the public have a say? How would we accomplish--giving the public a say about whether they want genetically engineered wheat, even aside from the export issues. Third, I understand GE salmon is …
Panel Remarks On Liability: Liability For Farming?, Rachel G. Lattimore
Panel Remarks On Liability: Liability For Farming?, Rachel G. Lattimore
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Good afternoon. To begin, I’d like to thank Ed Wallis and the Richmond Journal of Law & Tech- nology for inviting me to speak on such a distinguished panel. And I’d like to tell you one thing about myself that is not in my fancy lawyer biography. I grew up on a small family farm down in North Caro- lina, so I learned from an early age about the different types of genetic manipulations that go on a farm, from breeding cattle to grafting apple trees, which if you’re fourteen years old, consists of spending your entire Spring Break taking …
Remarks On Food Safety In Dealing With Genetically Modified Foods, Dallas Hoover
Remarks On Food Safety In Dealing With Genetically Modified Foods, Dallas Hoover
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
It’s nice to be here, and I appreciate the opportunity to talk with you all. It’s my first time in a School of Law and you certainly have more wood in your rooms than we do in laboratories, so this is a different experience for me. I’m a food microbiologist by training, so to me, food safety means Salmonella and cantaloupe and viruses in cruise ships. With genetically engineered foods, it’s a little bit different because the effects aren’t as dramatic as far as safety issues as what I see in my daily professional life. Also, it’s different because genetically …
The Academy Chokes On Food Biotech, Public Policy Suffocates, Henry I. Miller
The Academy Chokes On Food Biotech, Public Policy Suffocates, Henry I. Miller
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
The National Academy of Sciences, under its 1863 congressional charter, is supposed to be dedicated to “investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art whenever called upon to do so by any department of the government.” At least insofar as judging the scienti c integrity of governmental regulation of biotechnology is concerned, however, two recent “expert” committees of the National Research Council (NRC), the research arm of the Academy, have been plagued by apparent bias, and their recommendations have been dubious.
An Introduction To Genetically Modified Foods, Kathleen Hart
An Introduction To Genetically Modified Foods, Kathleen Hart
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Thank you. I have been visiting a lot of bookstores since Eating in the Dark came out last year, including a wonderful bookstore, I should mention, which is right here in Richmond called the Fountain Bookstore. People often ask me if I’ve changed my diet as a result of what I learned while researching the book. Mainly, have I stopped eating genetically engineered foods? I always answer that I’m an American, so of course I eat genetically engineered foods because we have no choice in the matter. GM foods are ubiquitous in the processed foods, and they’re not labeled. But …
Regulating Genetically Modified Foods: Is Mandatory Labeling The Right Answer?, Gregory Conko
Regulating Genetically Modified Foods: Is Mandatory Labeling The Right Answer?, Gregory Conko
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Thank you. It’s a very common mistake to believe that consumers could only have a choice if the government requires mandatory labeling of genetically engineered food. My question back to you, Jean, is, exactly what kind of information do consumers get if all you do is label the product as “Genetically Engineered?” We can take this up later in the debate part of our panel discussion. I think the one thing that we can all agree on, however, is that the food label is a very important source of information to consumers.
Remarks On Genetically Modified Foods And International Regulation, Thomas N. Sleight
Remarks On Genetically Modified Foods And International Regulation, Thomas N. Sleight
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
I’m going to speak on a slightly different perspective here. I guess the first question I have is how many farmers do we have in the audience? Val, I marked you down as an organic farmer here today, as I learned that today. I don’t think we have many, and I’m going to take a fantastic leap of judgment saying that the students that are here at the University of Richmond School of Law are not preparing for careers in agriculture. So, I’m going to come from a farmer’s point of view. I will jump back and forth between my …
Remarks On Regulating Genetically Modified Foods In The United States, Gregory Jaffe
Remarks On Regulating Genetically Modified Foods In The United States, Gregory Jaffe
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Thank you very much for inviting me here today. I’m going to use PowerPoint here, but I will try to keep my comments brief. I’m going to spend just a minute or two introducing my organization to you and our biotech project. Then I’m going to talk a little about the regulatory system and what I see are some of the inadequacies in the current regulatory environment for agricultural biotechnology.
Remarks On Regulating Genetically Modified Foods In The United States, David Hegewood
Remarks On Regulating Genetically Modified Foods In The United States, David Hegewood
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
I would like to thank the Richmond Journal of Law & Technology for inviting me this afternoon and for organizing this forum. I’ve never been on Crossfire, and it’s easy to see why Val has, so I probably won’t be quite as entertaining. In fact most of what I wanted to say this afternoon has already been said in one form or another. Val just stole the last one with the Watson and Crick Fiftieth Anniversary. What I want to do is maybe give you more of a sense of perspective and then go over some of the facts.