date:Apr 24, 2014
o pass GMO labeling laws before they can be enacted, Vermont's contains no such trigger clause. The law would take effect July 1, 2016.
Backers said they expect Gov. Peter Shumlin to sign it. There was no immediate comment from the governor's office.
Vermont's effort comes as the developers of genetically modified crops and the $360 billion U.S. packaged food industry push for passage of a bill in Congress that would nullify any state law to require labeling of foods made with such crops.
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