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# Big Food might get its wish
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/big_food_might_get_its_wish_0413140937/
- Published: 2014-04-13T10:37:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T14:06:57.000Z
- Description: EWG urges readers to tell their representatives to oppose Rep. Mike Pompeo's bill, which the group calls the DARK Act. It would block states from requiring labels on genetically engineered ingredients, bar FDA from mandating them, and allow GE foods to be called natural.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: GMO, Food Safety, #vivvo-import

An industry front group promoting genetically engineered food is on the march - Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) just introduced a reprehensible new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that could have disastrous consequences.

This bill is so bad we've named it the Deny Americans the Right to Know - or DARK - Act. **It would block states from requiring labeling of GE ingredients and even let foods with GE ingredients be labeled "natural."**

We need a supernova of opposition right now. Rep. Pompeo and industry lobbyists - for Monsanto, Kraft and others - are actively recruiting other members of Congress to co-sponsor his bill. **Take action today - tell your representative to oppose the DARK Act.**

[**Click here to tell your representative that you deserve to know the truth about what you're eating!**](http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=3w%2BdSVLEIemIC8cmPJln%2F%2BCP5leIWYPj&ref=foodconsumer.org)

The bill was drafted by a group calling itself the Coalition for Safe Affordable Food, which says its goal is to eliminate confusion and advance food safety. But its proposal would make labeling voluntary, pre-empt state requirements for GE labeling and even block the FDA from mandating labeling. If this bill starts moving through Congress, the Coalition might get its wish.

It's estimated that today 75 percent of supermarket foods are genetically engineered or contain GE ingredients. It's time for federal action to let consumers find out what they're eating - instead of keeping us all in the dark.

**Will you stand up for your right to know? Your representative needs to hear not just from industry and Big Food lobbyists but from as many American consumers as possible.**

[**Click here to take action right now. Tell your representative to oppose the DARK Act.**](http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=kNN8Sp6PGDijJtbBzwvfQuCP5leIWYPj&ref=foodconsumer.org)

Thank you for standing up for your basic right to know.

Sincerely,  
  
Ken Cook  
President, Environmental Working Group

[Contribute](http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=R0BAGALos1XU50w%2FexS8luCP5leIWYPj&ref=foodconsumer.org)