Agribusiness  July 8, 2016

Don’t be fooled by Senate’s GMO fake-labeling bill

Steven Hoffman – managing director of Boulder-based Compass Natural

Pro-GMO labeling supporters were planning on celebrating on July 1, the date when Vermont’s legislation became the first mandatory GMO labeling law of the land.

The state’s bold initiative protecting the consumer’s right to know compelled major food companies including General Mills, Campbell Soup, Kellogg and others to announce they would label for genetically modified organisms not just in Vermont, but throughout the United States, just as they have to do in 64 other countries.

Instead, just as we…

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