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GM Labeling
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Food Liability Law
Initiative 522 Forwarded to the Washington State Legislature
After reviewing the voter petitions filed in support of Initiative 522 (I-522), the Washington Secretary of State’s Election Division announced last Friday that the measure received enough signatures and has…
Food Safety News
Will a Federal Compromise on GMO Labeling Trump State Law, Forever?
Recent reports of secret meetings among industry reps and the Food and Drug Adminstration over GMO labeling piqued my interest, mostly because this critical aspect was missing: any effort to…
Food Safety News
GMO Labeling Campaign Promises To Be Back in 2014
By News Desk
The failed California Right to Know campaign says it will be back in 2014 with another ballot initiative for labeling genetically engineered foods. It lost last November when a majority…
Food Safety News
Missouri Bill Introduced to Require GM Fish and Meat Labeling
By News Desk
A state Senator from St. Louis has introduced a bill requiring the labeling of genetically modified meat and fish in Missouri. State Sen. Jemilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis) introduced Senate Bill…
Food Liability Law
Another GMO Labeling Iniative on the Horizon, This Time in Washington
Last week on January 3, 2013, sponsors of Initiative 522 (I-522), a measure that would require the labeling of certain genetically engineered foods, filed their petitions with the Washington Secretary…
Food Safety News
Campaign to Label GM Foods Moves To Washington State
By News Desk
More than enough signatures were filed in Washington State, 24 hours before today’s deadline, to send an initiative to the Legislature that would require the labeling of genetically engineered foods…
Food Liability Law
Battle Over Labeling Genetically Modified Food Continues
Our colleague Claire Mitchell recently published an article in Law360 that discusses a recent class action lawsuit filed against Pepperidge Farm, Inc. in Colorado on November 6, 2012. The complaint…
Food Safety News
Why Did Proposition 37 Fail?
On November 6, 2012, Californians voted on Proposition 37, which would have required that foods produced from genetically engineered crops be labeled as such. Support for Prop. 37 was high…
Food Liability Law
Proposition 37 Rejected In California, But Other GMO Labeling Initiatives May Be On The Horizon
The high profile battle over Proposition 37 is now officially over. The California voter initiative, also known as the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act, would have required…
Food Liability Law
Californians to Decide Tomorrow Whether Prop 37 Sinks or Swims
Tomorrow, California voters will be asked to decide the fate of Proposition 37, a voter initiative that would require certain raw and processed foods that have or may have been…