Public health and environmental groups appear to be losing the fight to keep food with genetically modified ingredients off the dinner table.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) handed the biotechnology industry another win this week when it deemed a genetically engineered Atlantic salmon safe to eat and denied a petition from the Center for Food Safety to issue mandatory labeling rules.
The actions come about four months after the House passed hotly contested legislation to keep states from issuing mandatory labeling laws for foods that contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs and now the Senate is weighing its own options on the issue.
The industry-backed Coalition for Safe and Affordable Food (CFSAF), which has spent millions on efforts to block the mandatory labeling of GMOs, called consumers the big winners.
“Common sense and science prevailed when the House passed a uniform, national labeling standard bill,” CFSAF Spokeswoman Claire Parker said. “And other recent decisions, such as the approval of GE salmon, demonstrate that biotechnology is proven and holds great promise for ensuring consumer access to safe, affordable food.”
Anti-GMO groups vehemently refute any claims they’re losing ground in the battle to keep genetically engineered foods out of the consumer space.
http://thehill.com/regulation/260973-advocates-losing-ground-in-gmo-fight
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) handed the biotechnology industry another win this week when it deemed a genetically engineered Atlantic salmon safe to eat and denied a petition from the Center for Food Safety to issue mandatory labeling rules.
The actions come about four months after the House passed hotly contested legislation to keep states from issuing mandatory labeling laws for foods that contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs and now the Senate is weighing its own options on the issue.
The industry-backed Coalition for Safe and Affordable Food (CFSAF), which has spent millions on efforts to block the mandatory labeling of GMOs, called consumers the big winners.
“Common sense and science prevailed when the House passed a uniform, national labeling standard bill,” CFSAF Spokeswoman Claire Parker said. “And other recent decisions, such as the approval of GE salmon, demonstrate that biotechnology is proven and holds great promise for ensuring consumer access to safe, affordable food.”
Anti-GMO groups vehemently refute any claims they’re losing ground in the battle to keep genetically engineered foods out of the consumer space.
http://thehill.com/regulation/260973-advocates-losing-ground-in-gmo-fight
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