Natural Products Association Wants GMO Labeling

March 20th, 2013 - Jill Ettinger

Groceries

The Natural Products Association has announced its support for labeling of foods containing genetically modified ingredients, the group stated in a press release yesterday.

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Whole Foods Market Takes Huge Stand Against GMOs: Mandatory Labeling by 2018

March 8th, 2013 - Jill Ettinger

Whole Foods

Whole Foods Market, the nation’s leading supermarket chain focused on organic and natural foods, has announced that it will begin labeling all products containing genetically modified ingredients throughout its U.S. and Canadian locations by 2018.

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GMO Labeling Campaign Efforts Strengthened By Organic Partnership

March 8th, 2013 - Jill Ettinger

Groceries

Efforts to bring about national labeling regulations for foods containing genetically modified ingredients sold in the U.S. were strengthened by the recent announcement of a collaborative partnership between the Environmental Working Group and Organic Voices.

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Say What? Is Walmart Supporting GMO Labeling in the U.S.?

January 30th, 2013 - Jill Ettinger

Walmart

Efforts to get federal or state regulations to mandate the labeling of foods containing controversial genetically modified ingredients may have just received a bump from an unlikely supporter: Walmart.

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Mandatory GMO Labeling and Regulation Efforts Not Giving Up

December 29th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

GMO corn

Many California foodies are still licking their wounds from the narrow defeat of Proposition 37 in November, which lost by 6 percentage points, but momentum to see genetically modified organisms regulated and labeled is picking up around the country—the latest effort coming out of New Mexico.

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GMO Labeling Focus Turns To Washington with New Celeb Video

November 17th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

GMOs

The battle to get genetically modified foods labeled is not going away, even despite Proposition 37′s failure in California earlier this month. Focus is now routing back to federal regulations with the Just Label It campaign urging the FDA to take action. The latest support for the campaign comes via an all-star cast of celebs and musicians making the case in a recent Just Label It video.

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Prop 37 Defeated in California

November 7th, 2012 - Lacy

prop 37 poster

California officials have announced that Proposition 37, which would have required the labeling of GMO ingredients on all foods, has been defeated 53–47 percent.

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Major Natural Food Brands Donate to California’s Prop 37 in Final Days Before Vote

November 1st, 2012 - Lacy

Prop 37

In the last stretch of the race to pass Proposition 37, which would require labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms in California, several big new players have stepped up to endorse and financially support the effort to pass the measure.

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Organic Brands Say California’s GMO Labeling Law Won’t Affect Food Prices

October 30th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

Shopping

With the 2012 election less than two weeks away, many California voters are focusing their attention on Proposition 37, which if passes, will require mandatory labeling on foods sold in the state that contain genetically modified organisms.

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Milk Money: Dairy Farmers Asked to Urge Horizon Milk to Support Prop 37

October 28th, 2012 - Lacy

Dean Foods, parent company of Horizon organic milk, Silk, and WhiteWave foods has invested more than $250,000 in the fight against Prop 37—the California ballot measure that would require labeling of GMO foods—and the Cornucopia Institute is calling them out.

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