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# You must act now to stop the Dark Act
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/you_must_act_now_to_stop_the_dark_act_0723150909/
- Published: 2015-07-23T22:08:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:25:07.000Z
- Description: A federal bill to ban state GMO labeling laws has left the House Agriculture Committee and heads for a full House vote. The Institute for Responsible Technology asks readers to contact their representative and oppose H.R. 1599, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Politics, #vivvo-import

The federal bill to ban state GMO labeling laws left the House Agriculture Committee and is on its way to a vote in the full House.  

If passed and signed into law, Vermont would be banned from labeling GMOs, as would Maine, Connecticut and every other state in the country. Rest assured that the FDA would never require GMO labeling on a federal level if this ban is passed.  

This bill is supported by Monsanto and Big Food corporations such as Hormel, General Mills, Land O'Lakes, and Cargill.  

Roundup Ready GMO crops have caused usage of glyphosate, which was declared a 'probable carcinogen' by the World Health Organization, to skyrocket in recent years. Farmers now use over 280 million pounds of it per year, while acceptable levels of glyphosate residue in our food supply are raised accordingly.  

The time is now. [CLICK HERE](http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CmBiC9gKszbW9mFV3HPUNCeM2Y%2FCwcfw&ref=foodconsumer.org) to find your representative of Congress and send a note asking them to oppose H.R. 1599, the "Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015," by clicking the email icon on the left side of their page. This will take less than a minute of your time, but you need to act now, before it is too late.   

We have the right to know what is in our food. Make your voice heard today.  

Thanks for standing with IRT! [Click here to donate](http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FXDr0QjHz2%2FqGEt13B8AkSeM2Y%2FCwcfw&ref=foodconsumer.org) to support our efforts!  

Safe Eating!  

The IRT Team