Vermont’s mandatory GMO labeling law is set to take effect on July 1, and that leaves the U.S. Congress only 15 working days to get a bill through the House and Senate. That reminder came this week from the Coalition for Safe Affordable Food, which represents hundreds of farming groups as well as food and biotech companies, and supports a voluntary labeling standard. The Senate does have 19 working days left in the month, but it still has to get any bill from the upper chamber, through the House, and to the President’s desk for a signature. The key to a solution will be addressing concerns between Senate Ag Chair Pat Roberts and ranking member Debbie Stabenow. Their concerns range from overriding states’ rights to a coalition demanding mandatory GMO labeling, and a compromise between them remains to be seen.
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