Obama Ready to Sign Food-Label Bill Consumer Groups Dislike

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9. Center for Food Safety: Call President Obama and urge him to veto this sham of a labeling bill.

Email, 11 hours ago

Yesterday, the House Rules Committee voted to proceed on the Senate’s fake GMO labeling bill, sending this new DARK Act to the House floor for a final vote as soon as today! That means this bill could be on Obama’s desk to sign—or veto—as early as tomorrow.

Sadly, the White House has indicated that President Obama is ready to sign this sham of a GMO labeling bill into law - Call President Obama right now and urge him to veto the DARK Act!

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Call President Obama and urge him to veto this sham of a labeling bill
Call 202-456-1111 or 202-456-1414 to leave your comment!
The comment line is open from 9am - 5pm ET Monday through Friday

When you call, you can say something like:

“I urge President Obama to veto the sham GMO labeling bill heading to his desk from the House. The FDA has commented that this bill would not even cover most current GMO foods. So it is a non-labeling bill masquerading as a labeling bill. The bill is also profoundly discriminatory. Instead of mandating clear on-package labels, this bill gives corporations the power to hide GE labeling behind digital QR codes that can only be read by smart phones. But Only 64 percent of Americans own a smartphone. That means that more than a third of all Americans will not be able to use this form of labeling. Moreover, those left out are mainly low income and rural Americans, which will disproportionately impact minorities.

We need a GMO labeling law that actually applies to all the GE foods in the marketplace and that assures the right to know of every American. Please veto this discriminatory and poorly written bill. Send it back to Congress until they get it right.”

Then let us know you called: http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/1881/p/salsa/web/questionnaire/public/?questionnaire_KEY=1847

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When President Obama was running for office in 2008, he promised he’d label GMOs as President. This is President Obama’s last chance to get GMO labeling right – by vetoing this sham labeling bill and supporting mandatory words on the package.

Call President Obama NOW and tell him to veto this fake GMO labeling bill - Call 202-456-1111 or 202-456-1414



Thanks for everything you do,
The Center for Food Safety team