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FDA Barring Food Makers from Advertising Products as GMO-Free

HeadlineSep 20, 2010

The FDA meanwhile appears to be enforcing a policy of barring food producers from trumpeting that their products don’t contain genetically modified ingredients. According to the Washington Post, the FDA has sent a “flurry of enforcement letters” to companies that have advertised GMO-free products on their labels. The warnings come on top of existing policy not to require food makers to disclose if their products do contain GMOs. Congress member Dennis Kucinich said, “This, to me, raises questions about whose interest the FDA is protecting. They are clearly protecting industry, and not the public.”

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