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Statement of Purpose: To permit States to require that any food, beverage, or other edible product offered for sale have a label on indicating that the food, beverage, or other edible product contains a genetically engineered ingredient.
Originally posted by Kali74
Sadly, I will be asking both of mine WTF. I'm really disappointed in Elizabeth Warren's vote.
Originally posted by ohioriver
Went to link and seen who all voted against GMO labeling and found Rand Paul voted against GMO labeling.
Originally posted by Flatfish
And... Where are all the "State's Rights" activist now?
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
Originally posted by Flatfish
And... Where are all the "State's Rights" activist now?
I was wondering the same thing... Looks like Democrats were split down the center, but the overwhelming majority of Republicans voted against state's rights... Can you say "lip service"?
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As regards states deciding to label their own stuff - this all comes down from the FDA. They're the controlling federal agency, so they make the rules for everyone.
Originally posted by PhysicsAdept
The foods that don't use GMOs already have labels that lets you know that, 9 times out of 10!
Originally posted by PhysicsAdept
So let's take it down a notch and say we force every food that has gluten in it to put a label on it notifying its consumers there is gluten in it... well I am sure there is apprehension on that one... Ok how about this, let's put a label on every food that was handled in a factory where one of the worker's last name was 'Smith'.