Christmas comes early for GMO food labelers ! [View all]

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Surveys show that 93% of American consumers want GMO foods labelled. A bill slipped through the House earlier this year to try and stop Vermont, CT, maine and other states from delivering this information to consumers. With yet another GOP shutdown looming it was feared that they would try to attach "the Dark Bill" to spending bills that are required to keep the government from shutting down but the approved Federal spending bill

1. Will NOT stop states from proceeding with voter-mandated GMO food labeling, and

2. REQUIRE labeling of GE Salmon

Three states, Connecticut, Maine and Vermont, have passed such laws, with Vermont's slated be to be the first to go into effect in July 2016. All three democratically passed laws would have been nullified, while any future state GE labeling legislation would have been preempted. Over 30 states have introduced bills to labeling GE foods in just the past few years.

"We are very pleased that Congress has apparently decided not to undermine Americans' right to know about the food the purchase and feed their families," said Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of Center for Food Safety. "Adding a rider to the budget bill that would nullify state laws requiring labeling and even forbidden federal agencies from mandating labeling would have been profoundly undemocratic and nothing short of legislative malfeasance. We will remain vigilant over the coming days and into the next legislative session to ensure our right to know is protected."

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