Vermont Sued by Grocery Group to Block GMO Food Label Law
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Vermont was sued by the packaged food industry in the first of what may be a series of lawsuits to block labeling requirements for products containing genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.
Vermont last month became the first state in the U.S. to make GMO labeling mandatory, following failed attempts to pass similar laws in California and Washington. The Grocery Manufacturers Association and three other groups, in a lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court in Rutland, Vermont, said the law violates free speech rights and conflicts with federal findings that GMOs are safe.