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.
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Thank-or-Spank? Monsanto Wins 1st Senate Vote on Roberts-Stabenow DARK Act!
An Organic Consumers Association alert on the July 29 Senate test vote for the Roberts-Stabenow GMO labeling bill, which passed 68 to 29. It lists each senator's vote against their agribusiness contributions, averaging $867,518 for yes votes and $350,877 for no votes, and urges readers to call.
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As Historic Vermont Legislation Goes into Effect, Congress May Pull GMO Labels Off of Grocery Shelves
Food & Water Watch's Wenonah Hauter marks Vermont's GMO labeling law taking effect and warns that a federal bill up for a Senate vote would nullify it. She calls the measure effectively voluntary, with no penalties for non-compliance and a GMO definition that leaves many products uncovered.
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This basic right tossed out? Without a single hearing in the Senate?
The Organic Consumers Association calls Sen. Stabenow's claim of a mandatory national GMO label a lie, arguing the Roberts-Stabenow bill offers barcodes and phone numbers with no enforcement or penalties, and would nullify Vermont's labeling law and its 12-year-old GMO seed law.
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GMO Labeling Bill So Bad Even the FDA Doesn't Like It
The FDA told Congress the Roberts-Stabenow GMO labeling bill would exempt common ingredients such as soybean oil and sugar beets and sets a high bar for even its QR-code disclosures. The Organic Consumers Association notes the Senate still advanced the bill 68-29.
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Commentary: Don't Be Fooled by the Senate's GMO Fake Labeling Bill
Compass Natural argues the Senate's National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard would overturn Vermont's GMO labeling law and bar states from passing their own, letting manufacturers use QR codes or toll-free numbers instead of plain English.
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Does Monsanto have the votes?
The Organic Consumers Association says Senators Debbie Stabenow and Amy Klobuchar now back the bill to kill Vermont's GMO labeling law, moving it closer to the 60 votes needed, and asks readers to call the Senate and press their senators to vote no.
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Really Important You Call Immediately
An action alert urging readers to call their senators at 866-772-3843 and ask them to vote no on the compromise version of Senate Bill 2609, which would preempt state GMO labeling laws before Vermont's takes effect July 1.
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Appeals Court Urged to Strike Down Law That Hides Ag Operations from View, Harms Public Health
Food & Water Watch and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the 9th Circuit to uphold a ruling striking down Idaho's ag-gag law, arguing that criminalizing undercover documentation hides food safety and animal welfare violations.
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Worst GMO Labeling Bill Money Can Buy?
An Organic Consumers Association appeal against the Roberts-Stabenow Senate bill to override Vermont's GMO labeling law. The writer says it would let companies disclose by barcode instead of plain words, take two years to start, and carry no penalties for non-compliance.
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[BREAKING] GMO labeling deal struck…and it's bad
Sens. Stabenow and Roberts' compromise bill would override state GMO labeling laws in Vermont, Connecticut and Maine, require no labeling for two years, and allow QR codes, websites or 800 numbers, leaving out the third of Americans who own no smartphone, the group argues.
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DARK Act “Compromise" Greatly Undermines Consumer Choice, Rolls Back Democracy Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter
Food & Water Watch's Wenonah Hauter calls the Senate agriculture leaders' GMO labeling deal a rollback of democracy, saying it blocks states from requiring on-package labels and would leave consumers needing a smartphone and a signal to learn how their food was produced.
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BREAKING: Senate Moves to Preempt Vermont GMO Labeling Law - newsletter 062316 from Organic Consumers Association
The Organic Consumers Association says the Senate's GMO labeling deal would overturn Vermont's law and let companies disclose GMOs through QR codes and toll-free numbers, with two years before compliance. Vermont's law still takes effect July 1 because Congress ran out of time.
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'This all feels a bit like the movie Groundhog Day, right?' - Newsletter 062216 from Organic Consumers Association
The Organic Consumers Association counts down the four days Congress has left to preempt Vermont's GMO labeling law before it takes effect July 1, reporting senators still deadlocked over mandatory labels versus QR codes and 1-800 numbers.
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Tell Congress to label GMOs
With the Senate days from acting before Vermont's law takes effect July 1, this alert argues QR-code labeling would shut out the third of Americans without smartphones, disproportionately low-income, rural and older people, and asks readers to demand on-package GMO labels.
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Tell EPA: Take action to protect bees!
A petition drive asks the EPA to restrict neonicotinoid pesticides, citing USDA figures that beekeepers lost 44% of their colonies last year and research showing native bees declining too. Organizers plan a Keep the Hives Alive Tour ending in a June 22 rally at EPA.
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'Inches away'? - Newsletter from Organic Consumers Association
An Organic Consumers Association newsletter says senators backing Monsanto claimed to be inches away from the 60 votes needed to block Vermont's labeling law before it takes effect July 1, and asks readers to help raise $200,000 by June 30.
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Lucky rapist gets merely six months in jail
A former university swimmer received a six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in January 2015, though prosecutors had recommended six years. More than 100,000 people have signed a change.org petition seeking an election to remove the judge.
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