MARY CLARE JALONICK

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The meaning of ‘organic’ hazy for nonfood items

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 21, 2014 4:04 pm

EPA approves new weed killer for engineered crops

EPA approves new weed killer for engineered crops

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 15, 2014 8:23 pm

WTO sides with US farmers in dispute with India

WTO sides with US farmers in dispute with India

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 14, 2014 4:17 pm

USDA: Genetically modified wheat found in Montana

USDA: Genetically modified wheat found in Montana

MARY CLARE JALONICK · September 26, 2014 5:50 pm

FDA revises food safety rules due next year

FDA revises food safety rules due next year

MARY CLARE JALONICK · September 19, 2014 9:07 pm

White House orders plan for antibiotic resistance

White House orders plan for antibiotic resistance

MARY CLARE JALONICK · September 18, 2014 7:16 pm

USDA approves new modified corn, soybean seeds

USDA approves new modified corn, soybean seeds

MARY CLARE JALONICK · September 17, 2014 11:50 pm

FILE - This Dec. 20, 2013, file photo shows shoppers passing through the Sweet Auburn Curb Market in Atlanta. Cuts to the nation's food stamp program enacted earlier this year are only affecting four states, far from the sweeping reform that Republicans had pushed, according to an Associated Press review. As a result, it's unclear if the law will realize the estimated $8.6 billion in savings over 10 years that the GOP had touted. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Only 4 states will see cuts to food stamps

MARY CLARE JALONICK · September 17, 2014 5:43 pm

FILE -This Sept. 30, 2011 file photo shows a collection of giant African land snails in Miami. The Giant African Snail eats buildings, destroys crops and can cause meningitis in humans. But some people still want to collect, and even eat, the slimy invaders. The Department of Agriculture is trying to stop them. Since June, USDA has seized more than 1,200 of the large snails, also known as Giant African Land Snails, all of them traced back to one person in Georgia who was illegally selling them. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)

Energy and Environment

USDA seizes more than 1,200 illegal giant snails

MARY CLARE JALONICK · August 29, 2014 8:09 am

Decision could boost use of popular weed killer

MARY CLARE JALONICK · August 13, 2014 4:53 pm

FILE - This Jsn. 6, 2006, file photo shows a tattoo artist from Los Angels during the Body Art Expo at the Los Angeles county fairgrounds in Pomona, Calif. Thinking about getting inked? Check the bottle first. The Food and Drug Administration is warning tattoo parlors, their customers and those buying at-home tattoo kits that not all tattoo ink is safe. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

FDA warns that tattoo inks can cause infections

MARY CLARE JALONICK · August 7, 2014 6:15 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2013, file photo, a variety of foods labeled Gluten Free are displayed in Frederick, Md., Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. Starting this week, "gluten free" labels on packaged foods have real meaning. Until now, the term "gluten free" had not been regulated, and manufacturers made their own decisions about what it means. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

‘Gluten-free’ labeling standards kick in

MARY CLARE JALONICK · August 5, 2014 4:21 pm