Keep GMO Labeling

BREAKING: Senate expected to vote tomorrow (7/6/16) to ban GMO labeling

The Senate is expected to vote this week, and the outlook is NOT good. Some corporate agribusinesses who control the Organic Trade Association endorsed the bill, giving many Senators the excuse to say that “the organic industry is fine with this.”

It is vital that your Senators hear from you, their constituents. Tell them in clear terms that you don’t care what companies have endorsed the bill – the voters don’t like it!

The closer we look at the Roberts-Stabenow bill on GMO labeling, the worse it gets. It’s so bad that even the FDA – which asserts that GMOs are “substantially equivalent” to conventional foods -- has criticized it!

The bill’s biggest flaws:

 • No on-package label required – the companies can put a QR code, phone number, or website, which provides no real information for someone shopping for food.

 • No federal enforcement penalties. If the companies fail to comply with even this minimal requirement, there’s no mechanism for the federal government to enforce the law.

 • Massive loopholes in definition of genetically engineered and what will have to be labeled.

 • And it pre-empts all state laws that would require on-package labeling.

This is not a “compromise” on labeling – it is effectively a ban on GMO labeling, in disguise.

Vermont’s law went into effect last Friday, July 1. Most food manufacturers came into compliance well in advance. And check it out – there’s still food on the grocery store shelves, the prices haven’t risen, and no companies have gone out of business. While Monsanto and its allies claimed the sky would fall, it simply hasn’t.

There is no excuse for the federal government to step in and override the will of the people and states’ authority to require labeling.

Take Action: Call your Senators at 888-897-0174 to tell them what you think of their votes!Calls are the fastest, and most effective way to get your message through to Congress.

I urge you to vote NO on the Roberts-Stabenow bill.

(This number will give you a quick briefing on the issue, and then connect you to your Senators.) or call the main SENATE switchboard at 202 224 3121

Victoria Baer, Jacksonville FL