California to Vote on Modified Food Labels After Petition
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Californians are on course to vote whether genetically modified food must be labeled after a campaign targeting Monsanto Co. and other biotech-crop companies gathered enough support for a referendum.
A petition was signed by 971,126 people, 75 percent more than the minimum needed for a statewide vote concurrent with the Nov. 6 general election, the Oakland-based California Right to Know campaign said today in a statement. State certification of the signatures followed by approval from 50 percent of voters would make the proposal law.