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appleannie1

(5,067 posts)
Sat May 10, 2014, 07:21 PM May 2014

Vermont passed a GMO labeling bill

This past Thursday, Vermont’s governor finally acted on what he has been saying for a while, and has now signed a bill into law that will require the labeling of genetically modified foods in Vermont. This is the first law in the nation that will require labeling of GMO foods without a ‘trigger’ from other states for it to go into effect. By July 2016, any food produced with GMO ingredients must be labeled. The news is awesome, but will big biotech really let this happen?

Monsanto, GMA, Dupont Will Sue over GMO Labeling Bill

Literally hours after Governor Peter Shumlin (D-Vt), signed a mandatory GMO labeling law into effect in Vermont, the Grocery Manufacturer’s Association (GMA), headed by Monsanto & Dupont, announced that they plan to sue Vermont to prevent the bill from being implemented.

http://www.nationofchange.org/breaking-vermont-officially-passes-gmo-lableing-bill-monsanto-announces-lawsuit-1399733156

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Vermont passed a GMO labeling bill (Original Post) appleannie1 May 2014 OP
FUCK Monsanto & Dupont, who are not Grocery Manufactures in the first place. WTF. NYC_SKP May 2014 #1
That's one down, dixiegrrrrl May 2014 #2
That is how I feel too. We have to keep screaming our heads off so loudly that appleannie1 May 2014 #3
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
1. FUCK Monsanto & Dupont, who are not Grocery Manufactures in the first place. WTF.
Sat May 10, 2014, 07:51 PM
May 2014

Good luck, Vermont.

appleannie1

(5,067 posts)
3. That is how I feel too. We have to keep screaming our heads off so loudly that
Sat May 10, 2014, 09:04 PM
May 2014

sooner or later they can no longer ignore us.

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