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Battle on GMO labeling making significant progress

Tuesday, May 17th, 2016
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By Catherine Haug, May 17, 2016 (Image, right, from OCA, used with permission)

ESP has been a strong advocate of GMO labeling, and now it seems as though the battle is going through a much anticipated turning point. Andrew Kimbrell* has written a great article on this turn-around, (also available on Food Revolution Network website (1))  “In a Remarkable Triumph of Democracy Over Corporate Power, GMO Labeling Has Finally Arrived in the U.S.” This article is copied below, and can also be read (with a great photo) on the Food Revolution website (1).

‘* Andrew Kimbrell is an internationally recognized public interest attorney, public speaker, and author. He is the founder and Executive Director of Center for Food Safety. (2)

See also my recent related articles, and a link to all GMO articles on this site:

Read on for the Food Revolution article: (more…)

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GMO Apples

Saturday, April 30th, 2016
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By Catherine Haug, April 30, 2016 (image, right, from Organic Consumers’ Association (4), used with permission)

A variety of GMO apple has been approved for a while now – the Arctic Apple in two varieties, Granny Smith and Golden Delicious (3); its DNA has been modified to keep it from turning brown once the apple is cut or sliced. You probably won’t see this in the produce section (at least not at first), but if you eat commercial products containing cooked apples, or prepped fresh fruit plates, you may be unwittingly eating this GMO apple.

It may sound harmless enough – at least it isn’t GMO to allow being heavily sprayed with insecticides – but it may actually be even worse than the pesticides. (more…)

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More Big Food companies pledge to label GMOs

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
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By Catherine Haug, March, 2016 (Image, right, used with permission from the Organic Consumers Association (2))

Despite efforts by congress to pass the DARK act (Deny Americans the Right to Know), which would stop Vermont from implementing their mandatory labeling law and prevent other states from following in their steps, Big Food is moving away from their opposition to labeling, with intent to begin labeling products that contain GMOs. First it was Campbell’s (see A win in the GMO battle: Campbell’s will voluntarily label GMOs), and now General Mills, Kellogg’s and Mars are following suit.

One of Big Food’s arguments against labeling has been that the cost would be prohibitive and would be passed on to the consumers. However, those companies that have crossed the battle line with their intent to label GMOS, admit “that the new GMO labels won’t lead to any price increases for consumers.” (1)

If you wish to thank these companies for their change of heart, and urge others to follow suit, sign the petition (see reference 2, below, for link. (more…)

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Approval of GMO-farmed Atlantic Salmon revoked by FDA

Thursday, February 4th, 2016
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By Catherine Haug, February 4, 2016 (Image, right, from Organic Consumers Association, OCA, used with permission)

Hot off the presses, wonderful news from Oregon GMO Right to Know:

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is BANNING the sale and import of genetically modified salmon…until the FDA can set strict guidelines on how to label them. This wonderful news is thanks to all the activists who wrote letters and signed petitions to the FDA, demanding Congress prevent the GMO salmon from appearing on our grocery store shelves unlabeled.

Now we all wait for the lawsuit filed against the Vermont mandatory GMO labeling law to be resolved in favor of the law, so that it can take effect on July 1, 2016. In December, 2015, we successfully fought an attempt by Congress to add an anti-labeling rider to the federal spending bill. For more on this battle, see: (more…)

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A win in the GMO battle: Campbell’s will voluntarily label GMOs

Thursday, January 14th, 2016

GMO-Label clearby Catherine Haug Jan 14, 2015 (Image, right Image by C. Haug based on similar image from Oregon Right To Know)

Campbells (the soup company) has just announced that it will label ALL its products that contain GMO ingredients using plain English on the packaging – not QR codes – in compliance with, and addition to, Vermont’s GMO labeling law. It is the first processed food company to break ranks with the biotech and food industries on the issue of mandatory labeling of GMOs. They will roll out their new labels over the next 12 – 18 months.

See their announcement: Why we support mandatory national GMO labeling (1) for more details.

The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) reports the following discussions on this announcement(2):  (more…)

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Good News on labeling of GMO/GE farmed salmon

Friday, December 18th, 2015
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by Catherine Haug, December 18, 2015 (Image, right, from Organic Consumers Assoc., used with permission)

GMO salmon to be labelled when available for sale!

Back on November 21, I wrote an article on FDA approval of GMO salmon without mandatory labeling, despite reliable polls showing 89% of voting Americans support mandatory labeling of GMO/GE foods in an easy-to-read format. But that is about to change as congress has directed the FDA to write guidelines for mandatory labeling of the fish. (more…)

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