The law nullifies the Vermont mandatory GMO labeling law that took effect July 1.
The law nullifies the Vermont mandatory GMO labeling law that took effect July 1. The law requires food manufacturers to disclose the presence of bioengineered ingredients in one of three ways: text on the package, a symbol on the package or a link to a web site (a quick response code or similar technology).
Many in the food industry support the law.
Pamela G. Bailey, president and chief executive officer of Grocery Manufacturers Association. |
Gary Hirshberg, chairman of Just Label It and co-founder of Stonyfield Farm. |
“Consumers have already begun to see GMO labeling disclosures on many familiar food packages as companies prepared to comply with Vermont’s groundbreaking law,” he said. “In the wake of the creation of a national, mandatory labeling system, Campbell’s, Mars and Dannon have already publicly committed to keeping this simple disclosure on their packages as USDA sorts out the rules for implementation of this new law. I have sent a letter to other industry leaders asking them to publicly commit to keeping consumers out of the dark when it comes to GMOs in our food.”