Susan Posel
Members of the food industry are suing for the State of Vermont to overturn their law to label genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
The members of the challengers include:
• Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)
• Snack Food Association (SFA)
• International Dairy Food Association (IDFA)
• National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
Vermont is a hotbed of activity because other states like Connecticut and Maine have been holding their approved laws in favor of labeling GMO until Vermont’s law was signed by Governor Peter Shumlin.
Food industry lobbyists claim that Vermont’s law is “costly and [a] misguided measure” to mandate and a jumble of “burdensome new speech restrictions on food sellers” that will “set the nation on a path toward a 50-state patchwork of GMO labeling policies that have no basis in health, safety or science.”
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) who represents Monsanto, Du Pont, Dow Chemical Co and other biotech corporations that manufacture GMO seeds claims that Vermont’s law would raise the cost of an average household’s food costs by $400 annually due to mandatory labeling.
BIO has invested more than $6 million to bribe Capitol Hill into supporting their efforts.
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Members of the food industry are suing for the State of Vermont to overturn their law to label genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
The members of the challengers include:
• Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)
• Snack Food Association (SFA)
• International Dairy Food Association (IDFA)
• National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
Vermont is a hotbed of activity because other states like Connecticut and Maine have been holding their approved laws in favor of labeling GMO until Vermont’s law was signed by Governor Peter Shumlin.
Food industry lobbyists claim that Vermont’s law is “costly and [a] misguided measure” to mandate and a jumble of “burdensome new speech restrictions on food sellers” that will “set the nation on a path toward a 50-state patchwork of GMO labeling policies that have no basis in health, safety or science.”
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) who represents Monsanto, Du Pont, Dow Chemical Co and other biotech corporations that manufacture GMO seeds claims that Vermont’s law would raise the cost of an average household’s food costs by $400 annually due to mandatory labeling.
BIO has invested more than $6 million to bribe Capitol Hill into supporting their efforts.
Read more
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