date:Jan 10, 2013
A New Mexico state senator has proposed legislation to amend state law to require the labeling of bioengineered foods. New Mexico joins Washington, Oregon and California as states that have made the labeling of bioengineered foods a legislative issue.
Senate Bill 18, authored by state senator Peter Wirth, defines a bioengineered material as a substance that has been produced, enhanced or otherwise modified through the use of recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid technology, genetic engineering or b