By Bill Duesing
The month after Vermont governor
Peter Shumlin signed into law the country's first genetically modified organism
(GMO) labeling bill with a firm effective date, the Grocery Manufacturers
Association (GMA), the Snack Food Association (SFA), the International Dairy
Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
sued in Federal Court to overturn the new law. This law is scheduled to take
effect in 2016; there is no trigger clause requiring other states to pass
similar legislation before it takes effect.
With foresight, the Vermont
legislature established the Vermont Food Fight Fund to help defend the
GMO Labeling Law. A strong defense of
Vermont's law should strengthen Connecticut's. You can contribute here.
Why are these three multibillion
dollar lobbying associations, representing the world's largest and most
powerful corporations, suing to stop what the citizens want? After all, these
citizens are their customers.
