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September 20, 2010

FDA Barring Food Makers from Advertising Products as GMO-Free
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The FDA meanwhile appears to be enforcing a policy of barring food
producers from trumpeting that their products don’t contain genetically
modified ingredients. According to the Washington Post, the FDA has sent
a "flurry of enforcement letters" to companies that have advertised
GMO-free products on their labels. The warnings come on top of existing
policy not to require food makers to disclose if their products do
contain GMOs. Congress member Dennis Kucinich said, "This, to me, raises
questions about whose interest the FDA is protecting. They are clearly
protecting industry, and not the public."



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