Mars, Kellogg’s, ConAgra and General Mills Join Campbell’s in Voluntary Labeling
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In January, Campbell’s (NYSE:CPB) announced it will label GMOs, and that it would not result in higher prices.
Mars Inc., Kellogg Company, (NYSE:K), ConAgra (NYSE:CAG), and General Mills, NYSE:GS) have followed announcing they will comply with Vermont’s GMO labeling law by labeling all of their foods sold across the USA.
General Mills has launched an online search tool to help you identify products that contain GMOs.
These companies prove GMO labeling does not increase the cost of food, and because of manufacturing timelines, they cannot wait for the US Senate any longer. This is why it is so important to let Vermont’s law stand.
There is no reason to worry about a patchwork of state laws, because there are no variations for compliance, all states are asking for the exact same disclosure.
States are given flexibility in regard to enforcement. A state with the culture and size of Vermont will differ from a state like California. So, allow states test and experiment.
If states can make their own decisions on issues like capital punishment, they should have the right to, and be capable of making their own decisions on food labeling.
The best democracy works closest to home, and we need to stop centralizing the power in Washington DC.
Democrats from agriculture states need to be reminded about the Barack Hussein Obama executive order on standing up for consumer rights and stopping state preemption.
Over the next few weeks/months the US Senate and the White House will either respect consumer choice and state’s rights to legislate on food safety and food labels, and allow the Vermont law go into effect, or they can slap millions of health and environmental minded consumers in the face by passing a law or a rider that preempts Vermont’s law and keeps consumers in the dark about what is in their food.
Please contact your representative in Congress, asking them to respect our right to know whether our food has been laced with GMOs and the toxic chemicals that go along with them.
To do that go here: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
Eat healthy, Be healthy, Live lively.
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Paul Ebeling
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