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...
Activist Robyn O’Brien Rips Senate Over GMO Labeling
On Monday, shortly after the Senate Agricultural Committee meeting to discuss GMO Labeling legislation, health activist Robyn O’Brien offered harsh words for the committee’s actions. She said, over at RobynObrien.com — “Today, the Senate Ag Committee voted to take away Americans right to know if their foods contain genetically engineered ingredients. They also voted to take away the rights of states that were...
Senate Ag Committee Advances GMO Labeling Bill
Today, with a 14-6 vote, the Senate Agricultural Committee advanced a GMO labeling bill that would block Vermont, and any other state, from enacting GMO labeling laws in the good ole U.S. of A. The bill’s sponsor, Kansas Senator Pat Roberts (R), had this to say on the Ag Committee’s website — “This is really a conversation about a few states dictating to every state the way food moves from farmers to consumers...
Senate Introduces New GMO Labeling Bill
Kansas Senator Pat Roberts, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, introduced a new GMO labeling bill to the Senate last week that’s basically the Senate’s version of HR 1599, the bill passed in the US House of Representatives last year (and introduced by Kansas Representative Mike Pompeo — those Kansas politicians sure do hate GMO Labeling). The clock is ticking on the enactment of Vermont’s labeling...
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