John Conyers: Let Americans know what's in their food

[cal04]

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This week, the House of Representatives is set to vote on a bill that would take unprecedented steps to deny us all the right to know basic information about what we eat.

The Orwellianly-titled "Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act," HR 1599, would bar the Food and Drug Administration from introducing mandatory labeling of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) foods and ban states from doing the same -- even if voters demand such labeling through a ballot measure. The bill would also block many state and local efforts to protect farmers and the public from concerns including seed and pesticide drift and would forbid states from making it illegal for companies to label GMO products as "natural," as Connecticut has done.

The bill is a serious attack on transparency and presents a dubious one-size-fits-all approach to federal policy making. Most importantly, it presents a potentially serious threat to our long-term health.

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The fact that Congress is even considering a proposal to deny Americans basic information about their food speaks to overwhelming power of these corporate lobbyists over the public interest.

more at link
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/22/opinions/conyers-gmo-label-bill/index.html

[Octafish]

1. ''Trust, but verify.'' -- St. Ronald of Raygun

Must work better for nations than corporations.

[restorefreedom]

2. this will never pass the senate

and rightly so. the bizzarro repugs always name it the opposite of what it does...like "clean skies"