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from the GMO-==-Genetically-Modified-Organism dept.
U.S. senators have reached a deal that would require food companies to disclose which products contain genetically modified ingredients, although not necessarily directly. The plan would allow a variety of different ways to make the disclosure, including a text statement, QR code, phone number, or URL:
Just a week before a Vermont law kicks in requiring labels on food containing genetically modified ingredients, U.S. Senate agriculture leaders announced a deal Thursday that takes the power out of states' hands — and sets a mandatory national system for GM disclosures on food products.
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, unveiled the plan that had been negotiated for weeks with U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan. Senate Democrats from farm country called it a win for consumers and families, while Roberts said it would end "denigrating biotechnology and causing confusion in the marketplace" brought on by Vermont's state law.
But it was clearly an uneasy compromise, with critics of the plan making for strange bedfellows on opposite ends of the political spectrum. Both Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Democrat who supports his state's mandatory law, and the American Farm Bureau Federation, which wants a voluntary GMO labeling standard, announced their opposition to the Roberts-Stabenow deal.
For those who may not already be aware, a GMO is a Genetically Modified Organism.
(Score: 2) by Gravis on Friday June 24 2016, @05:33PM
pat roberts really needs to shut the fuck up about "the marketplace" because all the "great" ideas he shares with his buddies about how the market works have been put in place in kansas and if you didn't know, kansas is now a financial disaster area.
food companies are making food as addictive as possible and while GMOs could be a boon for the world, i find it more likely they will be used to make foods less healthy and more addictive. just think, vegetables that have a dash of sugar in them because that's exactly where this shit is going. they are killing us with sugar and i don't want to willful enable them to corrupt natural foods, so i would like to know which raw foods have been tampered with.
(Score: 1) by Type44Q on Friday June 24 2016, @06:45PM
and while GMOs could be a boon for the world
The only way that'll happen is if there's truth to the rumors that GMO'd foods are designed to reduce fertility...
(Score: 1) by JBanister on Friday June 24 2016, @09:05PM
You need to think about these sentences. When I read your words about making "food" addictive and I think about the definition of "food," it looks like you're a poster child for the GMO people calling the anti-GMO people idiots.