Senate Bill Would Block Mandatory Labeling of GMOs
Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate committee is moving forward on legislation that would prevent states from requiring labels on genetically modified foods.
Vermont is set to require such labels this summer. Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts of Kansas released draft legislation late Friday that would block that law and create new voluntary labels for companies that want to use them on food packages that contain genetically modified ingredients. The Senate panel is scheduled to vote on the bill Thursday.
The bill is similar to legislation the House passed last year. The food industry has argued that GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, are safe and a patchwork of state laws isn't practical. Labeling advocates have been fighting state-by-state to enact the labeling, with the eventual goal of a national standard.
Senators have said they want to find a compromise on the labeling issue before Vermont's law kicks in. But negotiations broke down between the food industry and labeling advocates.
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houston16revival
(953 posts)now they want national standards
Which is it going to be guys?
I know, I know, whatever they want whenever they want it
mak3cats
(1,573 posts)That's why we need Bernie!
A Little Weird
(1,754 posts)gyroscope
(1,443 posts)why would the industry be opposed to labeling?
the labeling doesn't say GMOs are good or bad, it simply says it is there.
does the industry have something to hide? why do they want to keep consumers in the dark?
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)MisterP
(23,730 posts)every night
they know their propaganda can't win, so they just whimper that Americans hate science (ironically these GMO flacks are the same guys denying global warming, which they in turn point to as proof that GMOs have to be great because they're sciencey)
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Just eat your Soylent Green and shut up.
Where does Hillary stand on this?
Archae
(46,340 posts)Companies are already adding labels, calling their products "organic" or "Non-GMO."
This emphasis on it being mandatory is what's wrong.
Let's make it mandatory for all other forms of genetic alteration of food, as well.
How many stickers do you want on your apple?
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)clearly an end run around state sovereignty for corporate gain.
it won't pass, and if it does, it should be vetoed. and if it is challenged in court, will lose.
geretogo
(1,281 posts)The Iatola of Iran was right . America is the " Great Satan " .