04-26-2014, 10:55 AM
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Originally posted by Oneself
I think 9 states have passed something now....
This is just noise. Where did you find that number, in your... ermmm... hat?
IMO, it is this stupendous disregard for the truth that characterizes the entire anti-GMO movement. It's really frustrating to try to have an intelligent conversation with people who just make stuff up whenever it suits them.
In fact, as the article I posted clearly states, Vermont is the first state to put a mandatory GMO labeling law into effect, beginning July 1, 2014.
Two states... Connecticut and Maine have previously passed similar legislation, but with no effective date. Each requires a certain number of other states to join them before the provisions would take effect. Details here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govb...mo-labels/
These delays are in recognition of the fact that a practical aspect of a single state enacting such a labeling requirement would be that a certain number of food producers would simply elect to stop distributing their products within the state, while the remaining would raise their prices to offset the increased cost of compliance. Considering the fact that 70% or more of supermarket foods today contain GMO elements, the predictable impact would be enormous.
It's that all-too-predictable result that I find Hawai'i anti-GMO advocates to be criminally silent about, that their faith-based initiative, devoid of credible scientific reason, would almost certainly raise food prices across the state, and remove a certain number of products from the shelves altogether.