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.
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