Just months after the November defeat of California’s Proposition 37, the “California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act,” proponents of labeling genetically modified food have proposed similar disclosure laws in Washington State and New Mexico. Washington State’s initiative reads parallel to California’s Proposition 37 in many ways, with some sections of the proposed laws… Read More
Category Archives: Proposition 37
Subscribe to Proposition 37 RSS FeedInitiative to Label Genetically Modified Foods Fails in California
Posted in Proposition 37Yesterday, California voters rejected Proposition 37, the Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act by 53 percent to 47 percent. The voter initiative would have required labeling of most foods with genetically modified ingredients, estimated to include up to 80 percent of the foods found in most grocery stores. It would also have prohibited labeling… Read More
Question of the Week: Under Prop 37, how long do companies have to bring their products into compliance with the new labeling requirements?
Posted in Proposition 37As we’ve previously discussed, Prop 37 has two important labeling components: (1) a requirement that foods made with genetic engineering are labeled as genetically engineered, and (2) a restriction on labeling genetically engineered foods and processed foods as “natural.” The language of Prop 37 suggests that each of these components has a different date on… Read More
Prop 37: The New GMO Initiative to Promote Food Litigation
Posted in Proposition 37Proposition 37 targets genetically engineered foods—comprising up to 70% of the U.S. food supply—by requiring labels that the proposition’s supporters hope will discourage consumers from buying such foods. These foods would have to display the words “Genetically Engineered” or “May Be Partially Produced with Genetic Engineering” on their packaging. In addition, such foods could not… Read More