Dive Summary:
- Missouri state senator Jemilah Nasheed of St. Louis has introduced a new bill in Missouri that would mandate the labeling of all genetically engineered meat and fish.
- Nasheed sees this as a common sense effort, and believes her constituents deserve the whole story of their food, not just part.
- The bill would make labeling mandatory by 2015, with failure to do so a class C misdemeanor offense.
From the article:
She said SB 155 requires any genetically modified meat or fish raised or sold in Missouri to be clearly labeled as genetically engineered as of Sept. 1, 2015. Senator Nasheed said her bill further defines the term “genetically modified” to mean any animal or fish, including further offspring whose genetic structure has been altered beyond natural conditions.
Alaska, out of concern over genetically modified Salmon, adopted similar legislation in 2005, according to the St. Louis Democrat. Her bill would give the Missouri Department of Agriculture the authority to continue to demand such labeling beyond its 2015 effective date.
