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# An anti-consumer, pro-Monsanto masterpiece
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/an_anti-consumer_pro-monsanto_masterpiece_0703160711/
- Published: 2016-07-03T08:09:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:30:56.000Z
- Description: The Organic Consumers Association urges opposition to the Roberts-Stabenow bill ahead of a Senate vote, saying it would overturn Vermont's GMO labeling law, let companies disclose GMO ingredients through barcodes and websites instead of plain words, and carry no penalties for non-compliance.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Politics, #vivvo-import

## This isn't a law. It's a joke. 

On Wednesday, July 6, the U.S. Senate will hold a vote on a bill that could undermine everything that's been accomplished so far on the GMO labeling front.

**If the Roberts-Stabenow DARK Act passes next week, Vermont's GMO labeling bill, enacted yesterday, will be overturned.** Consumers will never get clear labels on GMO foods. The right of states to pass their own food safety and labeling laws will be severely undermined.

In fact, even Vermont's seed labeling law, in existence for the past 12 years, will be wiped out of existence by this grossly offensive piece of legislation.

**So much for states being the "laboratories of democracy." What rights will corporations convince our federal lawmakers to take away next?**

The bill proposed by Sens. Pat Roberts and Debbie Stabenow is an anti-consumer, pro-Monsanto masterpiece, bought and paid for by some of the greediest, most deceptive corporations in America.

**It’s full of loopholes and exemptions.** 

It allows food companies to “disclose” GMO ingredients using barcode technology and websites, instead of clear words, in plain view, on the package.

It won't kick in for *another two years*, even though many food companies are already labeling in order to comply with Vermont’s law.

**And here’s the best worst part: The Roberts-Stabenow bill gives food companies permission to flaunt the law by ensuring that there will be no penalites, no consequences, if they fail to comply.** 

That's not a law. It's a joke.

Eventhe FDA, not known for going out of its way to protect consumers, pointed out what DARK Act opponents have been saying all along—the Roberts-Stabenow GMO “non-labeling” bill would **exclude a host of products from ever having to be labeled, including some of the most common GMO ingredients, like soybean oil and GMO sugar beets.**

Last week, Roberts and Stabenow got enough votes to move this bill forward. **Our job is to make sure that on Wednesday, we have convinced enough Senators to vote against this latest version of the DARK Act.**

We are working around the clock this holiday weekend to protect Vermont's law, states' rights and consumers' right to know.

**Thankfully, Mercola.com has extended its matching donation offer untilmidnight tomorrow night. If you haven't pitched in yet, please consider making a donation today. We're still about $15,000 shy of our goal.**[ **Please click here for details on how to donate online, or by phone or mail.**](http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eUsYTnjDdvtzpbUZis7Zi9CsUEPm2Lb2&ref=foodconsumer.org)

Thank you, and let's keep this bill from passing!

In solidarity,

Ronnie Cummins  
International Director

*P.S. We still need to raise about $15,000 to reach our goal by midnight, June 30\. Win or lose the labeling battle, we have our work cut out for us if we want a regenerative, not degenerative food and farming system. *Please know that every donation, no matter how small, will be matched by Mercola and will help build a better food movement.** [***Donate online here.***](http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SsiIdFJihL3rBCrhbJrKV5W7LILHoSWb&ref=foodconsumer.org)

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