Posted November 11, 2013
The New Hampshire state legislature is currently
considering a bill that would require labeling for genetically modified foods,
according to an article by the Conway Daily Sun available here.
The bill, HB 660,
recently passed a subcommittee of the Environment and Agriculture Committee and
was considered by the full committee on Thursday, November 7. At that time, an amendment was offered that
would have created an exemption for restaurants and required at least four
other states in the northeastern United States to adopt similar laws before the
New Hampshire law would take effect, according to an article by the Concord
Monitor available here.
The full committee voted 12-8 to reject the amendment
and to recommend the full house kill the bill.
The legislation will go to the full House in January for a floor vote.
Maine and Connecticut passed laws this year requiring
GMO labeling, but neither will take effect until additional states pass similar
laws. Voters in Washington recently
rejected a referendum that would have required GMO labeling. For more information on the Washington
referendum, a recent post from this blog is available here.
A recent article on “Non-GMO Labeling” by Staff
Attorneys for the National Agricultural Law Center is available here. For more information on food labeling, please
visit the National Agricultural Law Center’s website here.
