Organic Consumers Opposes Warren-Udall Efforts on FDA Voluntary GMO Labeling

[Nihil]

17. 180 degrees out.

> Warren is demanding that manditory labeling is required not voluntary.

You've mixed up "manditory" (sic) and "voluntary" - Warren & Udall are both
*against* mandatory labelling of GMOs.


From the OP:

>> If the FDA heeds Senators Warren and Udall, the agency could use the voluntary guidance
>> to preempt state laws requiring mandatory labeling of GMOs. Currently, states have the right
>> to enact GMO labeling laws precisely because the FDA has not formally ruled on GMO labeling.
>> Once it does, state laws could be overturned.

>> The FDA’s guidance on voluntary GMO labeling also could be used to put an end to
>> existing, legitimate voluntary non-GMO labeling efforts.
>> By allowing the FDA, which has previously (and controversially) ruled that GMO and
>> non-GMO foods are “substantially equivalent,” the FDA could rule against non-GMO
>> or GMO-free labels on the basis that they mislead consumers by implying that there’s
>> a difference between GMO and non-GMO foods.

>> Senators Warren and Udall both have so far failed to support federal legislation
>> that would have required mandatory labeling of foods containing GMOs.

>> Both also voted against an amendment to the farm bill that would have protected
>> states’ rights to label GMOs.