Action Alert: We Have 1 Week Or Less to Stop Genetically Engineered Foods

Specifically, a law has been snuck into the Agriculture Appropriations bill – which will be approved by March 27th – which would destroy the separation of powers by stripping courts of the power to challenge genetically modified foods.

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If the United States Department of Agriculture – which suffered "regulatory capture" by the big food companies decades ago – approves a genetically modified food without any testing, a court can enjoin (i.e. halt) production of that food until testing occurs.

Yet the Monsanto Rider would strip the courts of power, and would allow GMO crops to be planted and put in our food … no matter what a judge has ruled.

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Luckily, Senator Tester has introduced an amendment to kill the Monsanto Rider. Tester’s amendment – Amendment 74 – is backed by Senators Boxer, Gillibrand, and Leahy.

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The article urges you to call your senators and ask them to support Amendment 74.

(Read more: http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/03/18037.html)