GMO LABELLING: THE RIGHT TO KNOW.

RIGHT TO KNOW: FIRST VICTORY

After years of fighting back big corporations’s efforts to deny citizens the right-to-know what food they put in their plates, a first victory is scored by an estate in the US. This victory is of the utmost importance not only for those that rightly or wrongly oppose GM, but mainly for the defense of democratic principles and food  sovereignity in the whole world.

VICTORY! VERMONT FIRST STATE TO FORCE GMO LABELS (from an article bySustainableBusiness.com News,  Apr.28, 2014)

Vermont's governor has signed the nation's first law to require GMO labels on foods, after the Senate voted 26-2 in favor and the House, 107-37.

Bill H.112 requires all food sold in Vermont stores containing GMOs to be labeled by July 2016. It also makes it illegal for any food with GMOs to be labeled "natural" or "words of similar import that would have a tendency to mislead a consumer."

The law states that "because both the FDA and the U.S. Congress do not require the labeling of food produced with genetic engineering, the State should require food produced with genetic engineering to be labeled as such in order to serve the interests of the State."

Although Connecticut and Maine have also passed GMO-labeling laws, they require four neighboring states to do the same before it goes into effect.

Vermont legislators believe their law is legally defensible but the legislation creates a legal defense fund because they expect to be sued.

While some Senators say they were skeptical about the bill, they voted yes because they were flooded with emails and calls from constituents. 

Full article: http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/25672?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Enewsletter&utm_campaign=E-Newsletter%202012

Commernt by the Blog’s Editor:

Regarding the importane of this victory for the whole world, see this Editor’s comment in the January 2013 issue of this Blog, clicking:  http://allorganics21.blogspot.com.ar/2014/01/shall-we-worry-about-gm-labeling.html