A coalition of more than 1000 food and beverage companies, business groups and trade organizations are urging the Senate to act on legislation that would establish a national labeling standard for foods made using genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.
The groups expressed support of the bipartisan agreement announced last week by the Senate Agricultural Committee that would prohibiting states or other entities from mandating labels for foods that contain GMOs. Vermont’s law requiring the labeling of GMO foods goes into effect tomorrow, July 1. Under the committee’s proposed agreement, companies would be required to disclose GMO use through a text label, a symbol or a link to a website via technology such as a QR code.