Tell Your Senators to Oppose the DARK Act Rider!

The House has approved the so-called “Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015,” i.e., the “Deny Americans the Right to Know (DARK) Act.” Now, Sen. Debbie Stabenow is working to attach DARK Act-like provisions to the end-of-the-year budget bill. In exchange, companies would develop an alternative, completely voluntary disclosure system, such as scannable codes on food packaging that would tell consumers whether or not the product contains GMOs. This would eliminate state-mandated GMO labeling without even voting on the DARK Act proposal.

There’s another reason why industry doesn’t want to wait for Congress to approve the DARK Act or similar legislation: Vermont’s landmark GMO labeling legislation takes effect in July 2016. This maneuver is industry’s last hope to kill Vermont’s law before it goes into effect.

Urge your senators to oppose Sen. Stabenow’s rider if it comes up in the omnibus budget bill.

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Please OPPOSE Sen. Stabenow's Rider

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I was sad to learn that the House of Representatives has approved the so-called "Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015." Now, Sen. Debbie Stabenow is working to attach similar provisions to the Senate's end-of-the-year budget bill, in which companies would develop an alternative, completely voluntary disclosure system, such as scannable codes on food packaging that would tell consumers whether or not the product contains GMOs.

This is absurd! If consumers want to know which foods contain genetically modified organisms, all they need do is bring their own barcode scanners to the store with them! That is, if producers choose to put GMO info into their barcodes on a voluntary basis, which isn't very likely.

Attaching riders to must-pass omnibus bills (in the hope that the measure will slip by without notice) is a familiar but incredibly underhanded and deceptive tactic. It is used when members of Congress would like to avoid high-profile votes on controversial issues that would upset their constituents. That's nothing short of shameful.

Vermont's landmark GMO labeling legislation takes effect in July 2016. This maneuver is industry's last hope to kill Vermont's law before it goes into effect. Whether you believe GMOs are safe or dangerous (or somewhere in between), surely you agree that consumers have a right to know what is in their food, and that means the MANDATORY, not voluntary, labeling of GMOs.

As your constituent, I urge you to OPPOSE Sen. Stabenow's rider if it comes up in the omnibus budget bill.

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