Last week, the Vermont Senate approved a
bill that would require labeling of all foods containing genetically-modified
(GMO) ingredients. The bill is now going back to the House for their
re-approval. Sean McBride, Founder and Principal of DSM Strategic
Communications and Consulting and former Executive Vice President of
Communications and Membership Services at the Grocery Manufacturers Association questions how
the biotech companies and food companies are feeling about this recent bill and
he arrives at an interesting conclusion.
he avers that if the Vermont House approves this bill, it
is expected that industry will sue the state and if they are successful, “it
could put an end to the nation’s ugly and protracted GMO labeling public policy
battle.” And in the meantime, while this lawsuit is taking place, the enactment
of this law will be put on hold. Ultimately, a win by the biotech and food
companies would put a “chilling effect on future state and mandatory GMO
labeling activity.”…To Read More….
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