October 31, 2025
The Ninth Circuit delivered a mixed ruling Friday in some food advocacy groups' challenge to federal food labeling regulations, affirming that the U.S. Department of Agriculture can use the term "bioengineered" over "GMO" or "genetically modified" but reversing an order exempting highly refined foods from receiving the bioengineered label.
October 22, 2024
An organic food industry advocacy group urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to reverse a district judge decision that largely left a Trump-era organic food labeling rule intact, saying the U.S. Department of Agriculture's implementation of a nationwide labeling law for genetically modified foods has been "arbitrary and capricious."
March 18, 2024
A trade group representing corporate giants including Coca-Cola and General Mills has urged the Ninth Circuit to keep a federal labeling rule allowing disclosure of genetic modifications to foods to be done digitally, claiming that upsetting the rule would present "significant disruption for industry and consumers alike."
March 11, 2024
The federal government and sugar industry groups urged the Ninth Circuit to reject food advocacy groups' attempt to upend a Trump-era organic food labeling rule, saying a California federal judge got it right when he rejected the groups' claims and largely left the rule intact.