Genetically modified foods are plants or animals that have had genes copied from other plants or animals inserted into their DNA. Both advocates for labelling and the food industry, which has fought mandatory labelling, have wanted to find a national solution to avoid a state-by-state patchwork of GMO labelling laws. Senate deal vs. Vermont lawThe Senate deal is more lenient than Vermont’s law, allowing food makers the three options for labelling. They argue that the federal government shouldn’t run roughshod over a state’s rules, pre-empting Vermont’s law, and the federal requirements wouldn’t be consumer-friendly. The Senate is moving ahead on bipartisan legislation that would for the first time require food packages to carry labels listing genetically modified ingredients.

Source: thestar July 05, 2016 19:30 UTC