Prop 37: food companies spend $45m to defeat California GM label bill

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Labels on bags of snack foods indicate they are non-GMO food products. Opponents say the labels would be burdensome to retailers, and would force prices to rise.. Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images


Monsanto and other agribusiness and food companies have spent more than $45m (£28m) to defeat a California ballot measure that would require labelling of some GM foods.

The measure, proposition 37, is one of the most contentious initiatives on California's election ballot on Tuesday.

If it passes, it would require labels on GM food sold in supermarkets, but would not cover restaurants. It also has a number of gaping loopholes. For example, the law would not require labels on meat from animals that were fed GM corn.