Johnson writes: "We're officially a country that labels GMOs now. President
Obama signed a bill on Friday that requires food companies to label products
with genetically engineered ingredients."
Rally for GMO labels. (photo: Stephen Lam/Reuters)
GMO Labels Are Now the Law of the Land
By Nathanael Johnson, Grist
31 July 16
We're officially a country that labels GMOs now. President Obama signed a
bill on Friday that requires food companies to label products with
genetically engineered ingredients. They can do this by writing it on the
box, slapping on a symbol, or applying a Quick Response (QR) code -
something like a barcode. For more on the law, check out our previous
coverage.
Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, who was instrumental in pushing
the bill through Congress, praised its passage in a statement. She said the
law "gives our nation's farmers and food companies a fresh opportunity to
start a conversation with consumers about the importance and safety of
biotechnology."
The U.S. Department of Agriculture now has two years to figure out how to
define a GMO. Are they crops that have had their genes tweaked or silenced,
or mutated with radiation? Should the definition be narrowly focused on the
original transgenic crops? There will undoubtedly be fights during the
rule-making process.
This new law overrides Vermont's GMO-labeling law and prevents any other
state-level GMO-labeling attempts, but it allows voluntary labeling to
continue.
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Rally for GMO labels. (photo: Stephen Lam/Reuters)
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GMO Labels Are Now the Law of the Land
By Nathanael Johnson, Grist
31 July 16
e're officially a country that labels GMOs now. President Obama signed a
bill on Friday that requires food companies to label products with
genetically engineered ingredients. They can do this by writing it on the
box, slapping on a symbol, or applying a Quick Response (QR) code -
something like a barcode. For more on the law, check out our previous
coverage.
Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, who was instrumental in pushing
the bill through Congress, praised its passage in a statement. She said the
law "gives our nation's farmers and food companies a fresh opportunity to
start a conversation with consumers about the importance and safety of
biotechnology."
The U.S. Department of Agriculture now has two years to figure out how to
define a GMO. Are they crops that have had their genes tweaked or silenced,
or mutated with radiation? Should the definition be narrowly focused on the
original transgenic crops? There will undoubtedly be fights during the
rule-making process.
This new law overrides Vermont's GMO-labeling law and prevents any other
state-level GMO-labeling attempts, but it allows voluntary labeling to
continue.
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