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# Tell Congress: Repeal the DARK Act!
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/tell_congress_repeal_the_dark_act_0907160909/
- Published: 2016-10-07T10:07:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:31:04.000Z
- Description: The Senate passed a bill on July 14 that nullified Vermont's GMO labeling law, and President Obama signed it on July 31. The Organic Consumers Association asks readers to back Senator Richard Blumenthal's effort to repeal it.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Politics, #vivvo-import

## Tell Congress: Repeal the DARK Act!

On July 1, 2016, Vermont’s mandatory GMO labeling law took effect. Major brands, in anticipation of the deadline, had already begun printing “produced with genetic engineering” or “contains genetically engineered ingredients” on their labels.

And these companies were labeing nationally, not just in Vermont.

Then Monsanto’s willing servants in Congress killed GMO labeling by passing the "DARK" (Deny Americans the Right to Know) Act. 

[**TAKE ACTION: Tell your Senators and Congress Members to support Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)’s efforts to repeal the DARK Act!**](http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=57qvL4%2B4fQhyDMWc5xQbGsEoesLFT8sn&ref=foodconsumer.org)

On July 14, the Senate passed a federal bill, falsely represented as a “federal mandatory GMO labeling law,” that nullified Vermont’s law and robbed consumers of the right to know if their food is genetically engineered.

On July 31, President Obama signed the DARK Act into law.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wants to repeal the misleading, confusing and loophole-ridden-DARK Act, which is now being called the “[National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard](http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1ShssYOFPG2D4r7Ch6uCscEoesLFT8sn&ref=foodconsumer.org).” 

[**TAKE ACTION: Tell your Senators and Congress Members to support Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)’s efforts to repeal the DARK Act!**](http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=y7t%2FzeUOte4odkwk%2BLyKmMEoesLFT8sn&ref=foodconsumer.org) 

Thank you!

Alexis, Katherine and the OCA team