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Food Safety News proposes GMO ‘Right to Know’ label that actually helps consumers
Dan Flynn, the editor of Food Safety News floats a radical idea that could transform the GMO: The right to know ...
Magic Soaps GMO labeling supporter in trouble for mislabeling products
Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, the deep-pocketed California company that wants all food companies to disclose whether their products contain genetically ...
Growing movement against allowing mutagenesis and cell fusion hybrid seeds in organic agriculture
It is spring planting time for farms, and, if hybrid seeds are being planted, chances are some might be genetically ...
Vermont’s GMO labeling bill is a “mess”
Before most legislatures built in their own capacity for doing deep analyses of bills before they’re passed, we used to ...
GE labeling measures moving through California and Colorado
California’s 2012 food-labeling ballot measure, rejected by state voters, makes a return from the grave tomorrow with a public hearing ...
Even if the FDA approves GMO salmon Kroger and Safeway won’t sell it
Kroger and Safeway, the largest retail grocery companies in the U.S., have reportedly agreed not to sell genetically modified salmon ...
Will New York have a GMO labeling bill fight?
Labeling food containing genetically modified ingredients might be a federal issue at some point, but the states are not done ...
GMO label activists misjudge rural and farm sentiment
(Summary) "When the losers are crying about the election outcome afterwards and begin saying the election was bought or Democracy ...
GMO labeling initiative ‘too close to call’ in Washington state
Initiative 522 opponents in Washington State have apparently shifted some voters against the ballot measure to require labeling of food ...
GMO labeling forces look for a win after two defeats
The following is an excerpt. With the defeat of California’s Proposition 37 last November and the recent signing of House ...
GMO labeling forces look for a win after two defeats
The following is an excerpt. With the defeat of California’s Proposition 37 last November and the recent signing of House ...
Monsanto teams up with Congress to shred the constitution
The following is an excerpt. Our founding fathers, white maleness aside, did get a few things right. One of them ...
Hawaii senate committees kill GMO labeling bill
The following is an edited excerpt. Three committees of the Hawaii Senate Thursday heard the House proposal to require labels ...
Will federal compromise on GMO labeling trump state law, forever?
The following is an excerpt. Here is the pattern: a grassroots effort builds over time to enact local or state ...
GMO labeling campaign promises return in 2014
The following is an excerpt. The failed California Right to Know campaign says it will be back in 2014 with ...
GM food labeling bill pre-filed in New Mexico Senate
Food Safety NewsGenetically Modified Food Labeling Bill Pre-Filed in New Mexico SenateFood Safety NewsWirth for comment were unsuccessful. It is ...
Reaction to USDA report splits along predictable lines
It held five meetings, waited until after the election, gained consensus among all but one of its members, sent off ...
Misrepresentations dogged both sides of Prop 37 campaign
The Yes on 37 campaign argued that it lost due to “lies, dirty tricks, and $45 million” spent by the ...
Why did Prop 37 fail? It wasn’t just the money
Michele R. Simon, a lawyer and paid writer and spokesperson for the Yes on 37 campaign argued that it lost ...
Biotech riders in proposed Farm Bill stir controversy
Critics of agricultural biotechnology say that genetically engineered crops can be harmful to human health and to the environment. They ...