Is the United States too genetically modifie? Many critics think so, which is why they’ve been trying to force food manufacturers to label GMO products.

On July 1, Vermont required manufactures to label all food products. Within the state to notify consumers whether or not the items were GMOs. Many large manufacturers took Vermont’s ruling one step further and agreed to label all GMO food nationwide.

From there, other manufactures fought back, and Congress eventually sided with them. President Obama signe a law that decrease the power of GMO label regulations and prevent. Individual states from creating their own labeling laws.

As you can imagine, those who fought hard for GMO transparency were devastate. The new federal regulations require manufactures to provide details on labels that only direct. Consumers to find out more about the product’s ingredients. However, it doesn’t pass what’s know as the “laugh test. Say Andrea Stander, the executive director of Rural Vermont, according to In These Times.

“The idea that this will provide right to know is ridiculous,” say Andrea Stander. The executive director of Rural Vermont, which pushed for Vermont’s labeling law. “It doesn’t pass the laugh test.”

This is because it requires consumers to do more work when shopping than they should have to.

Nevertheless, for food manufactures, the new regulations require them to think about how they should label their products. The options are endless, but they should do it in a way that both fits their brand. And allows the customer to easily access ingredient requirements.

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