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(Reuters) - (This May 28 story was corrected in the seventh paragraph to delete erroneous reference to a genetically modified wheat)
California lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would require labels on foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the second time in two years such legislation has failed to take hold in the state.
Proponents of the bill had sought to make California the second state in the country after Vermont to require GMO labeling, but the measure failed to pass the state Senate by two votes.
Democratic Senator Noreen Evans, the bill's author, was planning to push a reconsideration vote on Thursday before the end of the legislative session.
The bill would require all distributors who sell food in California to label the product if any of the ingredients have been genetically engineered. The labeling law would exclude alcohol and food sold at farmers markets.
http://www.newsdaily.com/article/272513f388fa9de0148c3a3fa123f09a/california-lawmakers-reject-bill-requiring-labeling-on-gmo-foods
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)We have a solid Dem majority, but that doesn't always mean they do the right thing.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)seems to me that a ballot measure requiring labeling GM foods was on the ballot recently, but was defeated due to a mountain of cash being pumped in by Monsanto and other GM advocates.
i'm sure a similar mountain of cash was paid to the senators that voted this one down as well.