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GM Labeling
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Food Safety News
Industry’s Secret Plan to Get the Feds to Kill GMO Labeling in Every State
With the disappointing results now in from I-522, the initiative in Washington state that would have required labeling of genetically engineered food (aka, GMOs), the looming question is, what’s next? At least…
Food Safety News
Letter From the Editor: Rural Voters Veto GMO Labeling (Again)
By Dan Flynn
There are not many people or voters in rural counties, but there sure are a lot of rural counties. In Garfield County in Washington state, almost 82 percent of the…
Food Liability Law
Initiative 522 Defeated in Washington
Based on preliminary results from Tuesday’s election, it appears that Washington State’s hotly debated Initiative 522 (I-522) concerning the labeling of genetically-engineered foods has gone the way of California’s Proposition…
Food Safety News
Washington State Voters Turn Down GMO Labeling Law
By News Desk
Voters in Washington state have rejected I-522, the ballot initiative to label foods made from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). After a second day of vote tallying, Yes on 522 still…
Food Safety News
It's Not All About the Science
By Aurora Saulo
This article originally appeared in the October/November 2013 edition of Food Safety Magazine. The author has provided a number of references listed at the end of the article. “GMO health…
Food Safety News
Poll: GMO Labeling Initiative 'Too Close to Call' in Washington State
By Dan Flynn
Initiative 522 opponents in Washington State have apparently shifted some voters against the ballot measure to require labeling of food containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The state's only independent, non-partisan…
Food Safety News
Effort to Hide Corporations Opposing GE Food Labeling Lands in Court
This editorial originally appeared on the blog of the Center for Food Safety on Oct. 15. Oct. 16 update: The Washington State attorney general’s office has filed a lawsuit against…
Food Safety News
GMO Safety Debate Makes Washington State Voters' Pamphlet
By Dan Flynn
Apparently food safety is an Initiative 522 campaign issue as it’s come up in an important venue – the State of Washington voters' pamphlet. In the official “Argument Against” I-522,…
Food Safety News
Oregon Seed Policy Dispute Sprouts Up on Special Session Agenda
By Dan Flynn
The state, not a patchwork of local voters, should regulate seed, according to the Oregon Farm Bureau (OFB). The bureau’s policy was turned into Senate Bill 633 during the last…
Food Safety News
GM Alfalfa Seed Incident Could Spice Up Washington State's I-522 Campaign
By Dan Flynn
Genetically modified (GM) alfalfa seed, possibly mislabeled, may become an issue in the final weeks of the Initiative 522 campaign in Washington state. I-522 would require any foods offered for…