United States: labeling "genetically modified" bill rejected

2013/11/12 13:37:00 China Agricultural News Network

content Summary: The United States recently voted on the labeling "genetically modified" bill. The voting results showed that the negative vote accounted for nearly 55%, and the affirmative vote accounted for about 45%. The final bill was rejected. Supporters believe that they should have more information about food, while opponents believe that the bill will increase the workload and costs of farmers and food companies, causing food prices to rise.

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about genetically modified food, and the attitude of the United States, as a major exporter of genetically modified food, has attracted global attention.

The United States voted on the "522 Act" on November 5, 2013. The statistical results were announced on the evening of November 6, 2013. The negative votes accounted for nearly 55%, and the affirmative votes accounted for about 45%. The final bill was rejected.

It is reported that the content of the bill is to require food manufacturers to indicate whether the food sold in the state has been genetically engineered or contains genetically modified ingredients from July 2015. These foods include fruits, vegetables, grains and other agricultural products, as well as processed foods. Of course, some exceptions are allowed. For example, food provided by restaurants, meat and dairy products fed to animals with genetically modified feed need not have such labels.

The reporter learned that in order to win votes, both the supporter camp and the opponent camp have spent huge sums of money to carry out massive publicity activities. The camp of supporters includes consumer organizations, organic food growers, producers and sellers. They believe the bill will give consumers more information about their food. The opposition camp includes Monsanto, DuPont Pioneer, Bayer and other major genetically modified crop seed manufacturers, as well as many large food manufacturers. They believe that the bill's cumbersome provisions will increase the workload and costs of farmers and food companies, causing food prices to rise.

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