date:Jul 11, 2012
The provisions would lead to new crops being approved before they have been fully assessed, the Center for Food Safety, an advocacy group in Washington, D.C., said in a letter Tuesday co-signed by other environmental and consumer safety groups, including the Sierra Club.
The legislation would block the U.S. Department of Agriculture from using certain federal laws, such as the National Environmental Policy Act, as a basis for rejecting a proposed seed variety.
The proposal also would impose a on