Court Cancels GMO Movement Rule: Old Regs Return Immediately
Published Date: 6/16/2025
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Summary
On December 2, 2024, a court canceled a 2020 rule about moving certain genetically engineered organisms, so APHIS is rolling back to the old rules. This affects anyone handling these organisms, like farmers and scientists, and means the 2020 changes no longer apply. The update is official now, with no new costs or delays—just a return to the previous way of doing things.
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Return to Pre‑May 2020 GMO Movement Rules
On December 2, 2024, a Federal court vacated APHIS’s May 18, 2020 rule about moving certain genetically engineered organisms. APHIS is restoring the pre‑May 2020 regulations, so anyone who handles these organisms—like farmers and scientists—will follow the old rules again. The document states this change simply returns to prior practice and creates no new costs or delays.
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