DARK Act
GMO Food Labeling Bill Passes In The Senate
According to a Reuters report, the U.S. Senate on Thursday, July 7, approved legislation that would for the first time require food to carry labels listing genetically-modified ingredients, which labeling supporters say could create loopholes for some U.S. crops. The Senate voted 63-30 for the bill that would display GMO contents with words, pictures or ...
U.S. Senate Declines Advance of DARK Act
On March 16, the Senate voted to defeat the Deny Americans the Right to Know (DARK) Act, introduced by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kans.). Gary Ruskin, co-director of the U.S. Right to Know, stated, “The Senate vote is a victory for consumers and everyone who wants the right to know what’s in our food.” The bill would ...
House Blocks States From Requiring GMO Food Labels
The House on July 23 passed hotly contested legislation that would keep states from issuing mandatory labeling laws for foods that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs), According to TheHill.com. The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015, which passed 275-150, would instead create a federal standard for the voluntary labeling of foods with GMO ...
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