The argument over genetically modified food has been dominated, in recent years, by a debate over food labels — specifically, whether those labels should reveal the presence of GMOs.
The battle, until now, has gone state by state. California refused to pass a labeling initiative, but Maine, Connecticut and Vermont have now passed laws in favor of GMO labeling.
Opponents of GMO labeling, including some of the biggest food manufacturers, have turned to Congress, and this week they achieved their first notable success.
A solid majority of the House of Representatives on Thursday voted in favor of a law that would block states from mandating GMO labels. (emphasis added)
The debate in Congress followed familiar lines. Opponents of the bill, such as Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat from Maine who is also an organic farmer, argued that it’s important for consumers to know what they are eating.
Food labels, she pointed out, already tell consumers many things.
“We know how many calories are in it, thanks to the labels. We know how much vitamin C we get per serving. We […]
It is time to fire all of those representatives who voted to remove the labels WE WANT. I refuse to eat anything that is GMO, even if it means only eating from my garden and possibly starving to death. I just don’t care anymore. “This world is not my world” as a line in the Willie Nelson song goes: “When Grandma Wasn’t Old”. (The line may be: “This World Is Not My Own”) You get the picture. I am so sick of this world (the human world of destruction, that is) that I want that dentist who killed the beautiful Lion in Africa to have his head whacked off. That news really disturbed me. That lion was more precious than 1,000,000 dentists. I apologize for the off subject comment, but it is all I can think about today.