Sunday, October 7, 2012

California gmo food labeling

  • Prop. 37 Will Test California's Appetite For GMO Food

    Maine allows GMO-free products to be labeled as such. The FDA is evaluating a petition to label genetically engineered foods nationwide; the group spearheading that effort is separate from California's initiative. The push comes as genetic engineering ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • California to test appetite for GMO food

    It also would ban labeling or advertising genetically altered food as "natural. ... If voters approve the initiative, California would become the first state to require disclosure of a broad range of foods containing genetically modified organisms, or ...

    www.heraldnet.com

  • Stand with California on GMO labeling

    One of the things she touched on briefly was California's Proposition 37, which, if passed, would require labeling of food that contains genetically modified ingredients. Waters said that she had recently spoken with Carlo Petrini of Slow Food ...

    www.mnn.com

  • California to vote on 'genetically modified' labels

    If voters approve the initiative, California would become the first state to require disclosure of a broad range of foods containing genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. Food makers would have to add a label or reformulate their products to avoid it.

    poststar.com

  • Calif. ballot initiative will test consumers' appetite for food that is ...

    A product labeled with Non Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) is sold at the Lassens Natural Foods & Vitamins store in Los Feliz district of Los Angeles Friday, Oct. 5, 2012.

    www.newser.com

  • Viewpoints: Should we require labeling of GMO foods? Yes

    Not surprisingly, the world's largest pesticide and junk-food companies are spending $34 million on a relentless PR campaign trying to convince California voters and opinion leaders that GMO labeling would be too scary or expensive. When you hear these ...

    www.sacbee.com

  • Prop 37: California Soil Scientist Says Label Up!

    If I were entrusted with the management of one of these agri-giants, I would be welcoming a ballot measure to include GMO labeling on products. Heck, I'd be jumping up and down at the opportunity to toot my horn about the accomplishments of my company ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • GMO's: Let's Label 'Em

    The best guess about what will happen if California requires labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms (G.M.O.'s) - which, as far as I can tell, includes almost all processed food containing corn or soybeans, the vast majority of ...

    opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com

  • University of California at Davis Reports Make Dubious Claims on Prop 37

    The first, entitled "California's Proposition 37: Effects of Mandatory Labeling of GM Food," was co-authored by University of California at Davis professor Colin Carter and published in the newsletter of the University of California Giannini Foundation ...

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  • Monsanto Was For GMO Food Labeling Before It Was Against It

    One such battle will be over Proposition 37, which will require companies selling food products in California to disclose GMO ingredients on their packaging. So far Monsanto has led the anti-Prop 37 gauntlet, with over $4.3 million in checks written to ...

    www.triplepundit.com

  • Calif. to Vote on GMO Food Labeling

    Californians are on course to vote whether genetically modified food must be labeled. A petition was signed by 971,126 Californians, 75 percent more than the minimum needed for a statewide vote concurrent with the Nov. 6 general election.

    www.newsmaxhealth.com

  • Guest commentary: California food-labeling proposition has fatal flaws

    GM labeling laws caused billions of dollars in lost trade for U.S. growers since the European Union's 1996 law, as food companies rushed to find non-GM sources. Prop 37 would likewise disrupt commerce while only confusing citizens of California. To ...

    www.stltoday.com

  • Alex Bogusky Brings a Fearless Knife to the Prop 37 Gunfight Against Monsanto

    With 39 days to go before Election Day, polls indicate that Proposition 37, which would require the labelling of genetically engineered foods (or GMOs) in California, is ahead by a comfortable 2 to 1 margin. Nevertheless, in this post- Citizens United ...

    www.triplepundit.com

  • Are Monsanto's Fingerprints on This Op-Ed Signed by a UC Davis Professor?

    This conflict of interest explains in part why we are seeing several UC Davis professors author reports and op-eds opposing California's Proposition 37, which would require labeling of foods containing GMOs. The latest example was published last week ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Congressman Kucinich's Speech Demanding GMO Labeling – Audio

    He demanded GMO labeling on the House floor and voiced his support for Proposition 37 which would require labeling of GMO food in California. Like nearly all Americans, Kucinich believes consumers have a right to know what is in their food and where ...

    www.newstalkflorida.com

  • Local growers highlight GMO food fight

    Now, proponents of a new California bill would like consumers to know when that food is at their store or on their tableIf passed by voters in November, Proposition 37 would require food processors to put a warning label on their products indicating if ...

    www.thebusinessjournal.com

  • GMO food-labeling initiative cruising to victory in California

    Despite millions of dollars spent by big ag companies like Monsanto and Dow - that would prefer to keep consumers in blissful ignorance - California's California's Proposition 37 for GMO food labeling. Monsanto, ain't you proud? Proposition 37 is ...

    redgreenandblue.org

  • Demands increase to label genetically modified food

    Below is a list of the top ten contributors to the No on 37 campaign, which is currently working to prevent GMO food labeling in California. The link to this information is http://www.naturalnews.com/036903_Monsanto_GMO_labeling_California.html ...

    www.thewesternedition.com

  • PCC joins push for new law requiring GMO labeling

    The Seattle-based grocery chain said it will spend $100,000 to help collect signatures in support of legislative Initiative 522, which would require labeling in Washington of food with GMOs. The company ... Still, the measure in California appears to ...

    seattletimes.com

  • Does Prop 37 Bar "Natural" Labeling of Non-GM Foods?

    CALIFORNIA - The first sentence of California's Proposition 37 sums up its essence: "California consumers have the right to know whether the foods they purchase were produced using genetic engineering". But San Francisco lawyer Michael Steel contends ...

    www.naturalproductsinsider.com

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