House Dems Call for Thoroughness One Year Ahead of Expected USDA Rulemaking on GMO Labeling
The Agriculture Department should be consistent with international standards and consider rural residents, the elderly and consumers without smartphones in crafting genetically modified organism disclosure standards, 22 House Democrats said in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue. Legislation signed…
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into law in July 2016 requires USDA to develop a standard by July 29, 2018, to disclose the presence of GMO ingredients in food via printed text, symbol or digital link, including a digitally scannable “QR” code. “We expect USDA's mandatory GMO disclosure standard to apply to all GMO foods, including foods which contain ingredients like highly refined sugars and oils, as well as foods produced with new genetic engineering techniques,” says the letter led by Rep. Pete DeFazio of Oregon. “The standard should require that GMO disclosures be consistent with those of our international trading partners, provide ingredient-level information, and be a presence claim, not a ‘may contain’ claim.”