{"id":1317,"date":"2014-11-09T18:21:21","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T23:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1317"},"modified":"2014-11-09T18:21:21","modified_gmt":"2014-11-09T23:21:21","slug":"resource-insights-why-gmo-labeling-in-the-u-s-needs-to-win-only-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1317","title":{"rendered":"Resource Insights: Why GMO labeling in the U.S. needs to win only once"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/resourceinsights.blogspot.ca\/2014\/11\/why-gmo-labeling-in-us-needs-to-win.html\">Resource Insights: Why GMO labeling in the U.S. needs to win only once<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em 0px;\">There were no doubt celebrations last week in the boardrooms of corporations that own patents to the world&#8217;s genetically engineered crops. Proposals to label foods containing these crops&#8211;commonly called GMOs for genetically modified organisms&#8211;were defeated\u00a0<a style=\"color: #cc6600; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/gmo-labeling-measures-fail-colorado-look-lost-oregon-060905139--sector.html;_ylt=AwrSyCXABFxUG0YAIkbQtDMD\">soundly in Colorado and barely in Oregon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em 0px;\">That makes for a perfect record in the United States for the GMO purveyors who have beaten back every attempt to mandate labeling of foods containing GMO ingredients. But, I think the celebrations may be premature.\u00a0<a style=\"color: #cc6600; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/politics\/281732851.html\">For the advocates of labeling have vowed to fight on.<\/a>\u00a0They came within a hair&#8217;s breadth of reaching their goal in Oregon. Who is to say that another round of voter education might not put them over the top?<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em 0px;\">And, that is the danger for the GMO patent holders. If just one state requires labeling, the food companies will have to make a choice: Special handling and labels for one state or one label for the entire country that also meets that state&#8217;s standards.* If the first state to implement a GMO labeling requirement is populous, say, California or New York, the decision will be made for the food companies. It won&#8217;t be sensible to segregate supplies for that state. And, even a less populous state might tip the balance.\u00a0<a style=\"color: #cc6600; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nutritionaloutlook.com\/article\/gmo-labeling-laws-why-trigger-clause-5-20147\">Some states have passed GMO labeling laws<\/a>\u00a0that require enough other states to pass such laws to reach a minimum population threshold of in one case 20 million before the law goes into effect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em 0px;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resource Insights: Why GMO labeling in the U.S. needs to win only once. There were no doubt celebrations last week in the boardrooms of corporations that own patents to the world&#8217;s genetically engineered crops. Proposals to label foods containing these crops&#8211;commonly called GMOs for genetically modified organisms&#8211;were defeated\u00a0soundly in Colorado and barely in Oregon. 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