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2011-10-07 | permalink
Will Barack Obama break his GM food labelling promise?
Back in 2007, a presidential candidate named Barack Obama declared that foods that include ingredients from genetically modified crops should be labeled. As president, he vowed, he would strive to “let folks know when their food is genetically modified, because Americans have a right to know what they’re buying.” The ambitious senator from Illinois was no doubt sensing a popular cause. [...] As president, Obama has been silent on the issue, as has his FDA, which oversees food labeling.
- The Guardian, UK: Will Barack Obama break his GM food labelling promise?
- The Organic & Non-GMO Report, USA: FDA ignored own scientists’ warnings about GM foods
- Maui Now, USA: County council to consider GMO resolution Friday
- Union of Concerned Scientists, USA (UCS): Just label it - The equation
- International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, Germany (IFOAM): UN accepts IFOAM declaration to label genetically modified foods
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2011-10-07 | permalink
Will Barack Obama break his GM food labelling promise?
Back in 2007, a presidential candidate named Barack Obama declared that foods that include ingredients from genetically modified crops should be labeled. As president, he vowed, he would strive to “let folks know when their food is genetically modified, because Americans have a right to know what they’re buying.” The ambitious senator from Illinois was no doubt sensing a popular cause. [...] As president, Obama has been silent on the issue, as has his FDA, which oversees food labeling.
- The Guardian, UK: Will Barack Obama break his GM food labelling promise?
- The Organic & Non-GMO Report, USA: FDA ignored own scientists’ warnings about GM foods
- Maui Now, USA: County council to consider GMO resolution Friday
- Union of Concerned Scientists, USA (UCS): Just label it - The equation
- International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, Germany (IFOAM): UN accepts IFOAM declaration to label genetically modified foods
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