Environment & Energy
Related: About this forumGet Ready for GMO Labels on Foods
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601875/get-ready-for-gmo-labels-on-foods/[font size=4]Congress wants you to know if biotech corn is in that box of cereal.[/font]
by Mike Orcutt July 8, 2016
[font size=3]The debate over whether food companies should be required to label products containing genetically modified ingredients took an important turn this month when the nations first labeling law took effect in Vermont. Now Congress appears to be on the verge of passing the first-ever federal standard for disclosing information about genetically engineered food, a bill that would preempt state laws.
Thursday night the Senate voted 63-30 for a bill that would require companies to reveal to consumers when products contain bioengineered ingredients. It now goes to the House, which has voted before to prevent states from passing their own labeling laws, and has passed a voluntary labeling standard.
Whether President Obama would sign such a measure is unknown. But as more states consider their own label laws, the food industry is now reluctantly supporting a single federal standard.
Critics say the Senate bill doesnt go far enough. The biggest sticking point is that it gives companies the opportunity to refrain from displaying information directly on the packaging, and instead opt to place a telephone number or digital code that consumers could use to obtain more information.
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OnlinePoker
(5,717 posts)I think we'll be shocked at how much is no longer available that is GMO free.
roody
(10,849 posts)everyone else the right to require GMO labelling.
progressoid
(49,945 posts)nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)"Unknown" because even though The Commander in Chief campaigned on labeling GMO's he "changes his mind" on lots of things...
Obama in 2007: "We'll let folks know whether their food has been genetically modified because Americans should know what they're buying"
Why not lie when you aren't going to be held accountable? After all, it's Personality over Principle. That's the USA circa 2016.
NNadir
(33,468 posts)...of Energy was a Nobel Laureate scientist.
Obviously, most people with science educations are not be fans of the idiotic version of left wing creationism, the idiot anti-GMO campaign, and if Obama was uninformed about genetic engineering, he had enough extremely intelligent and scientifically educated people around him to change his mind.
This contrasts very nicely with the dogmatic assholes on the far left who know nothing, but shout loudly anyway.
Obama has been one of the finest Presidents in the modern era; and his open mind - which people on the far left would like to fill with trash - is a reflection of his success at resisting stupidity.
Have a nice Sunday.