Tag: GMO labeling
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If You Want Clear GMO Labeling in the U.S. — Now Is The Time to Take Action!
The fight for GMO labeling in North America has been going on for more than 10 years. And now, the law requiring the labeling of genetically engineered foods in the U.S. is scheduled to go into effect on July 29th. But the news isn’t as good as it sounds. The law that passed in 2016…
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In a Remarkable Triumph of Democracy Over Corporate Power, GMO Labeling Has Finally Arrived in the U.S.
By Andrew Kimbrell Is your right to know finally here? For that last 15 years, numerous organizations and legislators have been battling to require the labeling of genetically engineered foods. During that time, 64 other countries have mandated this labeling, but not the U.S. Many of us in the food movement have said that it…
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ConAgra And Kellogg’s Join General Mills And Mars To Label GMOs
By Colin O’Neil • Copyright © Environmental Working Group, www.ewg.org. Reproduced with permission. This is a big week for everyone who eats! Which is all of us. Four major food companies – ConAgra Foods, Kellogg’s, General Mills and Mars, Inc. – announced they will label food products that contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. These companies join Campbell’s Soup, which declared its intent…
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Big Food aims to kill mandatory GMO labels before year’s end
By Jason Best • Originally published on TakePart Food makers want the Senate to pass a bill that would make labeling voluntary and supersede state-level laws. There’s no doubt about it: The food industry is counting on you to be distracted at this busy time of year, what with all those visions of sugarplums, etc.,…
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The future of genetically engineered crops in the European Union and beyond
On March 11, the European Union, currently made up of 28 countries, signed a new law allowing individual countries to restrict or ban the growing of genetically modified (GM) crops within their borders, even if the EU as a whole has approved the crops as safe. Since that time, Greece and Latvia have opted out…
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New England Journal of Medicine article calls for labeling of GM foods
In the August 20 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, two respected experts on pesticides and children’s environmental health call for the FDA to require mandatory labeling of GMO foods. Currently, the FDA does not require labeling of genetically modified foods, even though 65 countries mandate the labeling of GM foods, and more…
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Neil Young Takes on Monsanto and GMOs
“Let the farmers grow what they wanna grow.” This is a line in Neil Young’s first single off his anti-GMO album The Monsanto Years, which came out June 29 of this year. The song is called “A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop,” and it calls out Starbucks and Monsanto. Listen to the song and…
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A Must-Watch Video About Monsanto and GMOs
Monsanto now has control over as much as 90 percent of seed genetics on the planet. Why does this matter? Watch this humorous, entertaining, and chillingly accurate 5-minute video to find out. Then tell everyone you know. Want to take action? Share this video! And if you want to go further, you can join the Food…
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BREAKING NEWS: GMO labeling has the votes to win in Oregon
UPDATE: Oregon’s GMO Labeling initiative is now “too close to call”. The latest data has Oregon’s Measure 92 trailing by less than 850 votes, with a mandated recount now a certainty. Get the latest vote count data here: oregonvotes.gov/results/2014G/1029276478.html Watch the stunning Fox News story about the historic shift from “no” to “too close to call” here.…
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Vermont Attorney General’s Office Releases Draft GMO Labeling Rules
In Vermont, GMO labeling law goes into effect July 2016. However, a lawsuit has been filed by food companies. Who will prevail? Vermont will hopefully be the first state in the nation to require the labeling of food made with genetically modified organisms. The right to label was hard won in a fight against biotech…
