GMO Labeling Ban

Just two weeks after passing through the Senate Agriculture Committee with bipartisan support, a bill prohibiting states from requiring food makers to label products containing genetically modified ingredients appears headed to a vote in the full Senate. Pro-labeling advocates have dubbed the two the DARK Act, the acronym standing for “Denying Americans the Right to Know.” Even as poll after poll shows an overwhelming majority of Americans favor mandatory labeling of foods that contain GMO ingredients, Congress is swiftly moving in the opposite direction.

 

Former farmer and State Legislator, Douglas Jones: “Idaho's two senators both voted in favor of the bill. The one vote that was interesting to me was klobishar because she had voted yes coming out of the agricultural committee and voted no on the floor. So that was the interesting part. I had heard secretary Vilsack speak a week or so ago at the commodity classic. He made the statement in New Orleans that they need 60 votes to get out of the Senate and he thought it would have to have something about mandatory labeling in it. So there has been lots of controversy all along and what I am hearing now is that there was a procedure roll move that Will allow them to bring the bill back up in a few days where they can work out an amendment where they can bring some more senators on board probably after the Easter recess.”