The Grocery Manufacturers Association, Food Marketing Institute and the National Grocers Association applauded the House of Representatives Thursday for its expeditious passage of a GMO labeling bill that's expected to be signed into law by Presi...
The organic farmer-controlled Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) has withdrawn its membership from the Organic Trade Association (OTA) after “a small number” of OTA board members endorsed the Senate bill that would preempt state...
Industry associations are urging the House to vote expeditiously on federal legislation that would require products containing GMO ingredients to be identified as such with words, pictures or a QR code that consumers could scan.
The request co...
Industry associations applauded the U.S. Senate for invoking cloture on a national GMO labeling measure Wednesday. The 65-32 vote allows for the Senate to vote on final passage.
“FMI commends the Senate’s action, which clears the procedural pa...
Erin SigristIn addition to GMO labels on products, Vermont's GMO labeling mandate, which takes effect Friday, July 1, has spurred product reformulations and may lead to bare shelves as private label and national brand manufacturers consider ceasi...
The Food Marketing Institute and Grocery Manufacturers Association were pleased with the bipartisan agreement on GMO labeling reached between Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.
“FMI com...
The leaders of the Food Marketing Institute and the Grocery Manufacturers Association were among the food industry representatives underscoring the urgent need for an agreement, Thursday, on a national GMO labeling standard as Senate leaders work...
