GMO Labeling in the Senate. And Then There Were 7…
7 more days. 7 working days, to be precise, that’s how long the US Senate has to stop Vermont’s labeling law from taking effect on July 1st. That leaves seven days to produce a new Senate version of the bill, to secure enough votes to pass the new version in the Senate, to reconcile the Senate version with the House version (passed in July 2015), and to hold a full vote by both House and Senate. We don’t normally...
Vermont’s GMO Labeling Law Under Fire
Since Vermont’s GMO labeling law passed in 2014, a firestorm of controversy has surrounded it. Most recently, the GMA (Grocery Manufacturers Association) has asked a federal court to overturn this first-in-the-nation law, while making a case to a federal judge to support this request. “The GMA has been making arguments saying there’s no scientific basis for requiring this type of label,” said Kyle Landis-Marinello, an assistant...
Mars Agrees to Label GMOs
Mars Inc. responded to the call to label GMOs on their products, now specifically labeling M&M’s, Milky Way, 3 Musketeers and the much-loved Snickers. The company is also working to remove all artificial coloring, due to consumer demand, but they claim GMOs are safe and they’re only adding GMO labels to comply with Vermont’s labeling law which goes into effect this July. “Food developed through...
General Mills Reluctantly Agrees to GMO Labeling
General Mills will begin labeling GMOs, but they don’t sound thrilled about it. Vermont’s state law, which will enforce GMO labeling by July 1st, has prompted General Mills to go ahead and make the change. “We can’t label our products for only one state without significantly driving up costs for our consumers, and we simply won’t do that,” Jeff Harmening, head of General Mills’ U.S. retail operations, said in a post on a...
Senate GMO Labeling Bill Fails to Pass
Yesterday, Senate GMO labeling bill S. 2609 fell short of the 60 votes needed to “clear a key procedural barrier”, essentially bringing an end to Senator Pat Roberts legislation that he’d been championing for the past few weeks. As the Senate fails to agree on a national labeling standard, the clock continues to tick on the July 1st deadline for Vermont’s labeling law to take effect. Vermont’s law...
As Senate GMO Labeling Advances, Dems Push Alternative
SENATE GMO LABELING BILL — BATTLE ROYALE In response to the 14-6 vote in the Senate, which advanced a GMO labeling bill that would block Vermont and any other state from enacting GMO labeling laws, US Senate Democrats submitted an alternative GMO labeling bill on Wednesday. The bill requires manufacturers to disclose the presence of GMOs to consumers, but also gives manufacturers multiple options for labeling products. “Rather...
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