Opponents of GM labelling triple lobbying spending in 2014 (03-09-2014)
▻http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/03/genetically-modified-food-labels-lobbying-monsanto-coke
All told, the opponents of GMO labeling disclosed $15.2m in #lobbying expenditures for the second quarter of 2014, bringing the six-month total for 2014 to $27.5m. That compared with $9.3m disclosed on lobbying the issue by food and biotechnology companies in 2013, according to EWG, a Washington-based nonprofit that supports GMO labeling.
In contrast, supporters of GMO labeling disclosed $1.9m in lobbying expenditures for the first half of 2014, up slightly from $1.6m spent in 2013.
The expenditures by food and biotechnology companies come as the group pushes for passage of a bill introduced in April by US representative Mike Pompeo that would block state laws that require GMO labeling on food packages.
Vermont in May became the first US state to pass a mandatory GMO labeling law that requires no other trigger to become effective. More than 20 other states are considering mandatory labeling of GMO foods, including Colorado and Oregon, which have the issue on the ballot for the November election.
États-Unis : le Vermont fait un appel aux dons pour défendre sa loi sur l’étiquetage des OGM (23-07-2014)
▻http://www.novethic.fr/empreinte-terre/agriculture/isr-rse/etats-unis-le-vermont-fait-un-appel-aux-dons-pour-defendre-sa-loi-sur-letiq
Le jour même de la ratification de la loi, le 8 mai 2014, le gouverneur de l’État, Peter Schumlin, lançait un appel aux dons, via un site Internet, destinés « à financer les recours prévisibles » contre le texte devant la Cour de justice. Le « #Food_Fight_Fund », le Fonds de lutte pour l’alimentation, était en marche.
La suite lui a donné raison. Début juin 2014, plusieurs groupes agro-industriels, dont la Grocery Manufacturers Association qui regroupe les plus grandes marques alimentaires américaines, ont porté plainte pour bloquer la loi. La bataille juridique qui s’engage pourrait coûter 8 millions de dollars.
La loi devrait prendre effet le 1er juillet 2016.
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