by Long Island Attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq.
Notwithstanding the best efforts of the Biotech Industry to stop GMO labeling at the state level, the GMO label movement in support of the peoples' right to know what is in our food is rapidly growing across the country. Monsanto and company have to date, successfully expended millions of dollars to fight against GMO labeling on a state by state basis. However, even a blind man can see that the "tide has changed" and GMO labeling is virtually inevitable.
In that the Biotech Industry holds on to profits like a mother to her newborn, they have now brought out their proverbial ace up their sleeve. U.S. republican congressman Mike Pompeo from the great state of Kansas, has just introduced legislation that seeks to effectively preclude states from passing a GMO label law. Ironically, he has dubbed his legislation "The Safe And Accurate Food Labeling Act Of 2014," which would give sole authority to the FDA to enact a GMO label law if foods with genetically modified ingredients "… are ever found to be unsafe… ."
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