Despite an overwhelming number of consumers voicing their desire to know whats in their food, Idaho lawmakers, as well as others, are taking steps toward making sure that never happens.
In the face of states introducing and passing GMO labeling laws that would require the labeling of genetically modified foods, these lawmakers are asking the federal government to make sure there will never be any required labeling, and that all labeling be voluntary.
Republican Sen. Jim Rice from Caldwell told lawmakers that a patchwork of state labeling laws would be too complex for manufacturers and could raise food prices – both being untrue claims. According to Rice and others, this lack of transparency should be standard across the nation, even if states pass mandatory GMO labeling efforts.
The House has already passed the request 41-24 last week.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association, along with allies like Monsanto and Dow, have teamed up on a federal bill that would deny your right to know what is in your food.
This bill, which has been called the โDenying Americans the Right-to-Know Actโ (DARK Act), would:
- Prevent states from adopting their own GE labeling laws, effectively silencing millions and denying the people their rights.
- Block any attempt by states to make it illegal for food companies to put a โnaturalโ label on products that contain GE ingredients.
- Prevent the Food and Drug Administration from requiring companies to label GE ingredients and instead continue โvoluntaryโ labeling policy.
Tell Congress to drop this corporate hand-out of a bill!
Call your Senators and Representative and ask them to help stopย this and any similar bill, and to support mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods!
Look up your Senators and Representative here
A message courtesy of Center for Food Safety, here is something you can say:
โHello. I strongly want to know what is in the food I buy and feed my family. That is why I support the mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods. Unfortunately, some Members of Congress want to keep me in the dark by preempting state labeling laws and preventing the FDA from ever requiring labeling. That is why I urge you to oppose the โDARK Act,โ an industry-backed bill to block GMO labeling introduced last year by Representatives Mike Pompeo and G.K. Butterfield. Instead, I urge you to support mandatory labeling legislation introduced by Representative Peter DeFazio and Senator Barbara Boxer that would give all consumers the right to know what is in their food.โ
The GMA wants voluntary labeling, but that is like asking members of Congress to stop taking bribes โ voluntarily. Yeah right. They haveย tried killing even stateโs rightsย to decide what is in their food, and their right to label genetically modified organisms.
โThis legislation would create a uniform, national program governing the premarket review and labeling of genetically engineered foods. First, it would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a safety review of all new plant varieties used for genetically engineered food before those foods are introduced into commerce.
Second, the legislation would create a new legal framework, subject to FDA oversight, governing the use of label claims regarding either the absence of, or use of, genetically engineered food or food ingredients. The legislation would also require FDA to develop Federal definition for โnaturalโ claims on product labels. Given this new legal framework, states would be precluded from imposing any requirements that are not identical to these Federal requirements.โ
The GMA will stop at nothing to keep genetically modified foods from being labeled, because they know this will halt the monopolies on seed that Monsanto, Dow, Syngenta, and other companies are currently trying to wield over entire nations, not just our own.
Could you not imagine if a manufacturer had to label things fifty different ways? That would be the same as having fifty different product. Each would have to have a different bar code and inventory tracking. Then let’s suppose it gets shipped to say a Walmart distribution center that covers several states. Now instead of space for one product you would need space for many all the same one with different labels. All this will cost nothing? Lol, you wouldn’t make it very long in business. We need one national labeling system.
This argument, which is hiding the real reason Monsanto doesn’t want GMOs, is getting very old and tired. We have been assured by GMO supporters that GMOs pose no risk to the public. However, when presented with damning evidence that GMOs cause a potentially toxic threat, the GMOsers turn tail and hide behind the ridiculous excuse that they can’t label GMOs. A really lame excuse at that.
Deal with it boys-labeling- welcome to the 21st century.
Lol, first you should actually present evidence. That is the best argument against it, there is no smoking gun out there. The real reason you don’t want the federal government to handle labeling is because you don’t have a clue about how ours works. You don’t even know what type it is.
Sorry wrong again. But what do you expect from a poorly paid troll.
At least I know about our government, and there is zero evidence showing bad effects from gmos, that can actually don’t have controversy surrounding them.
Chemical boy, hope that they pay you enough because I know where your spending eternity for polluting GODS green Earth!
I explained to you that I run my own business. To accuse me of anything else means you are lying. I’m sure that looks real good in God’s eyes.
” I’m sure that looks real good in God’s eyes.”
An atheist really can’t use that line
Anyway you have been lying ever since you started posting here so let’s not be a hypocrite Sammy.
Prove it Johnny boy. Not one. Zip, zero, zilch. And now you call me an atheist? Just for the record I forgive you Johnny. I would like to know if you have learned what kind of government we have yet?
87 million consumers in the United States think that genetically
modified (GM) foods aren’t safe, but find it difficult to avoid them
because the US does not require food companies to label genetically
modified ingredients.
And they never will be required either John boy. But you wouldn’t understand, because that is a government issue and you don’t even know what type we have.
If you ran your own business, you wouldn’t have time to post all this mindless drivel on each and every story.
….unless your “business” was being a troll for the GMO corporations.
If you were more than a half wit then you would realize that the Midwest is under almost record cold temps. Hard to plant corn under these conditions and the ground is to wet right now for spreading fertilizer. In a few weeks I will have very little time for these things. Besides it takes just a few minutes to type a few comments as well.
87 million consumers in the United States think that genetically
modified (GM) foods aren’t safe, but find it difficult to avoid them
because the US does not require food companies to label genetically
modified ingredients (GMOs).
GMO Roberts john biscit a few seconds ago
And they never will be required either John boy. But you wouldn’t understand, because that is a government issue and you don’t even know what type we have.
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Chronic inflammation in pig stomachs fed GMO’s.
http://www.organic-systems.org/journal/81/8106.pdf
You present evidence.
You demand it from everyone you try to rebut, yet have nothing to offer of the same in support of your mindless drivel.
Find something worthwhile to do. If you are worthwhile, that is.
I have google gmo dangerous talk you will find independent studies from around the world showing gmo safety. You spreading lies certainly isn’t worthwhile.
Chemical boy, your very right we do need a standard labeling to include GMOS!
I will say it once again for all the ignorant Americans out there: IF THE LABEL DOESN’T SAY NON GMO, GMO FREE OR ORGANIC THEN IT IS NOT!!!!Its that simple. The entire anti GM movement was based on the idea that two very different species would never cross genes in nature. But in a recent article on NATURALNEWS (another anti GM site) called: Green sea slug steals photosynthesis genes by eating algae; gene transfer uncontrollable in wild, the anti GM folks have now defeated their own argument I guess without even realizing it. All I see now is just a bunch of scared little people talking out of both sides of their mouths.
The only simple thing here is you.
so sick of having to beg these criminal pricks for the right to exempt myself from their poisonous earth killing crap.you cant possibly keep up with the political assaults on our Earth and the people .you could literally spend all day researching their next criminal assault and write them letters of protest and never slow this machine down.they can destroy lives with a 10 second stroke of their pen and people will spend years and years trying to reverse their criminal decisions,laws,acts and policies that do not and never have benefited the people they get enormous wealth from by way of extortion to “serve the public” .theyre all crooks,they all play the controlled opposition daily ,each one with a different crime they pretend to fight against in our interests .174,000 $ for life these chumps take home ,plus the investments they are allowed to make because of their huge incomes and inside knowledge of what criminal policy will benefit their incomes the most.they are ALL millionaires pretending to represent those who could never DREAM of such an income,much less for “working”(playing dress up) less than 200 days out of the year ,ALL EXPENSES PAID ,only the best hotels/motels ,no worries about transportation requirements being “up to date” financially,no raising their children or living in a stacked and packed “sustainable development” like the rest of us,no gmo foods on their plates ,the few left who plenty of room the grow their own food but no necessity to do so ,in fact ,i am sure if they have gardens for “novelty purposes” they surely have a gardener to do it for them while the rest of us take public transportation to the local gmo/chemical food retailer to pack it back on a bus at 5$ or more per trip.those who have found ways to avoid the mandatory poisons or disagree with their imposed criminality are now defined as “domestic terrorists”
Regardless of what the government does, we are now life long supporters of gmo free foods. It does not need labeled for us to make informed decisions. It’s called bulk buy and green label shopping at costco. Easy easy, we have a completely gmo free, and pro organic diet. So easy a caveman could do it. Research one food at a time, and vote with your wallet. These corrupted politicians won’t be in office for ever. Our votes are in our wallets, not in the booth. Stop their financial support, and all their clever lies will fall away with time. History is waiting to tell the story of food fraud, and it’s already being well documented and proven, right now.