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BREAKING: Anti-GMO Labeling Bill, Backed By Monsanto, Goes To Obama
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives sent a bill to President Obama Thursday that would overturn a landmark Vermont law requiring the labeling of GMO foods.
The bill, which was backed by Monsanto and passed the House by a vote of 306-117, would give America’s largest food companies three options to label their products that contain GMO ingredients: a label on the package, a symbol on the package, or an electronic QR code that must be scanned with a smartphone to find out what is in the food.
Opponents of the bill blasted Congress for not only overturning the Vermont law but also for passing a bill that doesn’t give consumers clear information. Smaller food companies would have the option of listing a website or telephone number.
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Vermont’s law was simple and would have required foods to say: “produced with genetic engineering.”
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“If there is an acknowledgement about the right of a consumer to have access to information, why not give them the information in plain and simple English?” Rep. Peter Welch, a Democrat from Vermont, said on the House floor, according to the Burlington Free Press.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/anti-gmo-labeling-bill-backed-by-monsanto-goes-to-obama/
