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State Labeling Laws: The 'skull and crossbones' that terrify Monsanto
Monsanto's greatest fear isn't a federal government charged with protecting the health and safety of its citizens. Congress and the White House seem only too happy to oblige the biotech industry's unquenchable thirst for growth, power and dominance. No, it's the massive, unstoppable (so far) grassroots movement of Millions Against Monsanto that strikes fear in the heart of the Biotech Bully. U.S. citizens are waking up. They're demanding labels on genetically engineered foods, similar to those already required in the European Union. They're calling for serious independent safety-testing of GE crops and animals, both those already approved (especially Monsanto's Roundup-resistant crops) and those awaiting approval.
The anti-GMO movement has finally figured out, after 20 years of fruitlessly lobbying Congress, the FDA and the White House, that the federal government is not going to require labels on GE foods. Instead the movement has shifted the battleground on GMO labeling from Monsanto and Big Food's turf in Washington D.C. to the more favorable terrain of state ballot initiatives and state legislative action - publicizing the fact that a state GMO labeling law will have the same marketplace impact as a national labeling law.
