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NCGA President Chip Bowling Urges Quick Action on GMO Labeling Following Procedural Vote

Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:15:04 CDT

NCGA President Chip Bowling Urges Quick Action on GMO Labeling Following Procedural Vote National Corn Growers Association President Chip Bowling released the following statement in response to the Senate's cloture vote on the Roberts-Stabenow agreement:



"The National Corn Growers Association is pleased the cloture vote on the Roberts-Stabenow GMO labeling agreement received 65 votes, more than the 60 votes necessary to move the legislation forward. However, there is still important work that needs to be done. We urge the Senate to quickly take action and pass this legislation."



Vermont's mandatory law requiring on-package labels of foods containing ingredients that have been genetically modified went into effect last week. Congress needs to act now to avoid the chaos in the marketplace that will result from having different labeling standards from one state to the next. Multiple studies have shown that the costs associated with Vermont's GMO-labeling law, and a subsequent patchwork of state laws, will cost American families hundreds of dollars more in groceries each year - with low-income Americans being hit the hardest.



The Roberts-Stabenow agreement brings consistency to the marketplace, ensuring that consumers have the access to product information they deserve without stigmatizing this safe, proven, technology valued by American farmers.



NCGA, working with partners across the value chain, has pushed for a solution to this issue for more than two years now as a member of the Coalition for Safe Affordable Food.



For more information on the need for a federal labeling standard, visit the Coalition for Safe Affordable Food, at www.CFSAF.org



   

 

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