News
GMO labeling bill introduced in New Mexico
A GMO-labeling bill has been introduced in the New Mexico State Senate. The bill seeks to amend the New Mexico Food Act to require the labeling of any food or commercial animal feed containing more than 1-percent genetically modified material by weight. It would require the label to be “conspicuous and easily understandable to consumers.”
Unlike the failed effort in California, this is not a ballot initiative, it is a Senate Bill (SB 18) it will go through the committee process and then, if passed by the State Senate it will go to the House.
A group in Washington State just turned in more than the required number of signatures on a petition calling for GMO labeling in their state. If enough signatures are verified, the State Legislature can pass a labeling law, put the question to ballot or put it and an alternative to the voters.
Do consumers that claim to be concerned about GMO’s eat at restaurants? The over regulation of the food products manufacturing industry is going to put a lot of people out of business. In a state where 70 percent of all pregnancies are paid for by Medicaid, we cannot afford to lose more businesses to over-regulation.