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OrwellwasRight

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12. Increasingly, US trade policy is aimed to prevent countries from banning OR labeling

Reply to sulphurdunn (Reply #8)

Sat Apr 20, 2013, 07:14 PM

Apr 2013

food as containing GMO ingredients. US corporations argue that such labels are a barrier to trade, and the US Trade Representative then argues the Cargill/Monsanto/ADM position at the WTO and tries to secure anti-labeling rules in our FTAs.

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Anybody else get fucking annoyed by the "Organic" and "Natural" labels on foods? [View all] Humanist_Activist Sep 2012 OP

The list of inorganic chemical additives added to our food products randr Sep 2012 #1

most of the labelling is actually fairly dishonest TZ Sep 2012 #5

It's just semantics Rainforestgoddess Sep 2012 #2

..and world peace. n/t kickysnana Sep 2012 #3

It's also a rating of the farming/production methods. mr blur Sep 2012 #4

Yes, since thanks to Congress, those labels don't mean what they did Warpy Sep 2012 #6

Nope, the organic label does not bother me Marrah_G Sep 2012 #7

There are far more serious issues sulphurdunn Oct 2012 #8

Increasingly, US trade policy is aimed to prevent countries from banning OR labeling OrwellwasRight Apr 2013 #12

Took my kid out to the farm where we hit the pumpkin patch and corn maze every year. HuckleB Oct 2012 #9

Reliability of product labels are important ricardA Nov 2012 #10

"Organic" is a fairly meaningless word Captain Spaulding Dec 2012 #11

In the same category MattBaggins May 2013 #13

Strict guidelines have to be followed in order for food to be labeled "Organic" siligut May 2013 #14