Dive Summary:
- Maine's Senate unanimously approved on Wednesday its version of a bill requiring foods made from genetically modified organisms to be labeled, just one day after the state's House of Representatives approved the measure 141-4.
- Similar to the recently passed GMO labeling law in Connecticut, the Maine bill won't take effect unless other states--including New Hampshire--pass similar mandates, but it does still come as a blow to Monsanto.
- Vermont's House passed the first GMO labeling mandate earlier this year, but the state is still deciding whether or not to enact it, and around 28 states have introduced similar bills this year.
From the article:
... “This is a huge step forward,” Heather Spalding, interim director of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Associate, told the Daily News. “This bill has broad appeal, and is about consumers’ right to know what’s in their food.” ...
