“Just Label It!” That was the cry in California last year as Prop
37, which would have required products containing GMO foods to be
labeled as such in the state, went before voters.
Columnists around the country cited polls showing more than 90 percent of consumers nationwide support mandatory labeling and, just weeks before the vote, that support for Prop 37 within California outnumbered opposition by a margin of more than 3-to-1.
With those polling numbers, Prop 37 appeared certain to pass. Until it failed.
Similar measures elsewhere also failed to pass until earlier this month, when Connecticut adopted the nation’s first-ever mandatory statewide GMO labeling law. Supporters hailed the effort as an important victory. But even aside from legitimate questions over whether the law would pass constitutional muster if challenged, its laughable triggering mechanisms mean the law almost certainly will never be implemented.
http://reason.com/archives/2013/06/22/the-quiet-and-growing-success-of-private
Columnists around the country cited polls showing more than 90 percent of consumers nationwide support mandatory labeling and, just weeks before the vote, that support for Prop 37 within California outnumbered opposition by a margin of more than 3-to-1.
With those polling numbers, Prop 37 appeared certain to pass. Until it failed.
Similar measures elsewhere also failed to pass until earlier this month, when Connecticut adopted the nation’s first-ever mandatory statewide GMO labeling law. Supporters hailed the effort as an important victory. But even aside from legitimate questions over whether the law would pass constitutional muster if challenged, its laughable triggering mechanisms mean the law almost certainly will never be implemented.
http://reason.com/archives/2013/06/22/the-quiet-and-growing-success-of-private
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