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June 15th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
Handing genetically engineered seed giant Monsanto Co. another legislative defeat, the Maine Legislature has passed a bill requiring the labeling of foods made from genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.
After the state’s House of Representatives approved LD 718 on Tuesday by a vote of 141 to 4, the Senate unanimously approved a similar version of the bill on Wednesday. Once differences are ironed out between the two measures, the final bill will head to Gov. Paul LePage’s desk.
“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.”
Like Connecticut’s newly passed GMO labeling law, Maine’s bill will not go into effect unless other states follow suit and pass similar measures, including New Hampshire, the only state to share a border with Maine.
While Maine legislators overwhelmingly supported mandatory labeling of GMO foods, some expressed concern over the unintended consequences that such laws might have.
“The American farmer today can feed the world because we have experimented. We have done research, and hybrid,” Republican Rep. Bernard Ayotte said during Tuesday’s debate on the House version of the bill. “I’m not against GMO labeling. What I fear is that this bill may lead to the curtailment or stopping of GMO experiments.”
Monsanto argues that no valid, peer-reviewed studies have shown any ill health effects related to consuming genetically engineered foods.
“We oppose current initiatives to mandate labeling of ingredients developed from GM seeds in the absence of any demonstrated risks,” the company says on its website. “Such mandatory labeling could imply that food products containing these ingredients are somehow inferior to their conventional or organic counterparts.”
Vermont’s legislature is still debating whether to adopt its own GMO labeling law after the House became the first legislative body in the country to pass a bill mandating labels for genetically engineered foods this spring.
Nationwide, similar legislation has been introduced in 28 states this year, the Stamford Times reported.
A New York bill to require GMO labeling was killed in committee earlier this month.
Original article by David Knowles for Daily News
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