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DARK Act Vote in Senate Imminent: Will Congress Protect American’s Right to...

By: Wenonah HauterLast night, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) filed a new version of the anti-GMO labeling bill widely known as the DARK Act, which would prevent states from requiring labeling of genetically...

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Senate Blocks Bill that would Override State GMO Labeling Laws

By: Lisa Baertlein and Karl PlumeThe U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked a bill that would nullify state and local efforts to require food makers to label products made with genetically modified...

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GMO Legislation on a Roll in Vt., Mass.

A Vermont law requiring most genetically modified food to be labeled as such remains on schedule to take effect July 1. The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted not to advance a bill that would have blocked...

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Eating in the Dark: Consumers Have a Right to Know What They Are Buying

By: Jill RichardsonI'm sick of writing about labeling genetically engineered foods.I'm sick of it because there's really one thing to say, and I've said it before: Americans have a right to know how...

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Kellogg's, Mars to Start Labeling GMOs amid Senate Deadlock

By: Philip BrasherA Mars policy statement that a company spokesman said was posted on Friday, the same day as a similar announcement from General Mills Inc., said the candy maker planned to start...

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Another Major Food Company Announces Nationwide GMO Labeling

By: Willy BlackmoreNot only will Mars label products made with genetically engineered ingredients, but it said it could support a federal mandatory labeling law.Spring may have only just begun, but the...

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Soon a Flood? Mars, General Mills Begin US-Wide GMO Labels

By: Oliver TickellThe small state of Vermont is changing the face of US food as companies hasten to comply with its GMO labeling rule which comes into effect in July 2016. Mars and General Mills - and...

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Are GMO Foods On The Way Out?

By: Clark WolfLast week the Senate failed to advance what some are calling the Dark Act (keeping people in the dark about what’s in their food). The bill would have left it up to food manufacturers...

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GMO Labeling Fight Still Alive: Jeff Merkley Introduces Pro-Labeling Bill

By: Molly HarbargerJeff Merkley is trying to accomplish what the failed Oregon GMO labeling measure set out to do. The Democratic senator introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that would require...

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Maine House Gives Initial Approval to Public Vote on GMO Labels

Associated PressAUGUSTA – The Maine House of Representatives has given initial approval to a proposal that would allow residents to vote on whether packages of foods produced from genetically modified...

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Big Food Found Guilty in Multimillion Dollar Cover Up in GMO Labeling Fight

 By: Lorraine Chow March 14, 2016Initiative 522 would have required the labeling of genetically modified (GMOs) foods, seeds and seed products in Washington state and was narrowly defeated. As it...

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Congress passes non-labeling GMO labeling bill

By Ken RoseboroPublished: July 24, 2016 Issue: July/AugustA GMO labeling passed by the U.S. government allows food companies to use complex, smart phone enabled QR codes to disclose GMO informationThe...

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Soylent: Don’t mention the GM word

Since consumers suffered violent symptoms after eating “proudly made with GMOs” Soylent meal replacement bars, the mainstream media has mysteriously stopped mentioning GM in connection with the...

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GMO 2.0 Foods Coming Your Way: Will They Be Labeled?

Silenced genes, edited genes, algae engineered to produce compounds that taste like food: new genetically modified organisms (GMOs) made with these experimental techniques are making their way to your...

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Russia Proposes Clear GMO Labeling for Eurasian Economic Union

Russia has officially proposed clear GMO labeling on all food products that contain genetically modified ingredients in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEC), starting in 2017.Russia’s Federal Service for...

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Another Major Food Company Announces Nationwide GMO Labeling

By: Willy BlackmoreNot only will Mars label products made with genetically engineered ingredients, but it said it could support a federal mandatory labeling law.Spring may have only just begun, but the...

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Soon a Flood? Mars, General Mills Begin US-Wide GMO Labels

By: Oliver TickellThe small state of Vermont is changing the face of US food as companies hasten to comply with its GMO labeling rule which comes into effect in July 2016. Mars and General Mills - and...

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Are GMO Foods On The Way Out?

By: Clark WolfLast week the Senate failed to advance what some are calling the Dark Act (keeping people in the dark about what’s in their food). The bill would have left it up to food manufacturers...

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GMO Labeling Fight Still Alive: Jeff Merkley Introduces Pro-Labeling Bill

By: Molly HarbargerJeff Merkley is trying to accomplish what the failed Oregon GMO labeling measure set out to do. The Democratic senator introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that would require...

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Maine House Gives Initial Approval to Public Vote on GMO Labels

Associated PressAUGUSTA – The Maine House of Representatives has given initial approval to a proposal that would allow residents to vote on whether packages of foods produced from genetically modified...

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