Following President Barack Obama’s signing of S.764, establishing a national labeling standard for foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the Vermont Attorney General’s office announced it will not enforce state law requiring the mandatory labeling of foods containing GMOs.
Vermont’s Act 120, which went into effect July 1, was the only law in the U.S. that required companies to disclose on the label if a product contained genetically engineered ingredients. The law drew criticism from the food industry which fought to avoid a patchwork of different state-by-state laws. But in the months leading up to July, some national manufactures adopted new labeling policies in order to stay compliant with the Vermont law.