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Congress To Take Local GMO Controll Off The Table
(reprint of CCOF Alert)
Last week the U.S. House subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry passed new language added to the 2007 Farm Bill that would bar states or localities from prohibiting any food or agricultural product that the USDA has deregulated . The new language reads:
SEC. 123. EFFECT OF USDA INSPECTION AND DETERMINATION OF NON-REGULATED STATUS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no State or locality shall make any law prohibiting the use in commerce of an article that the Secretary of Agriculture has-
(1) inspected and passed; or
(2) determined to be of non-regulated status.
The intent of this language is to deny local or state rights to regulate genetically engineered crops or food. This would wipe out the restrictions passed by voters in four California counties and two cities, and could limit the powers of the California Rice Certification Act and its ability to prohibit the introduction of GE rice varieties. Local and state laws pertaining to GE crops have also been passed in Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin. All of these democratically enacted laws are threatened by this language.
This Farm Bill language now moves to the House Agriculture Committee, so now is the time to take action in opposition!
Take Action Now!
Find and contact the House Agriculture Committee Members directly...http://agriculture.house.gov/inside/members.html
The message : I urge you to OPPOSE any Farm Bill Language that would pre-empt states' rights to make democratic decisions to protect their own health, food safety, economy, environment, and agricultural sector. Please do not pass Section 123 : EFFECT OF USDA INSPECTION AND DETERMINATION OF NON-REGULATED STATUS! This is clearly a back- door means of wiping out state and local food safety laws, including laws on genetically engineered crops and organisms. Such a measure should not be hidden in the Farm Bill and passed without an open, democratic process . The state and local laws this language could do away with were put in place democratically, by voters.
Thank You! Your actions and voices make a major difference. Keep up the good work!
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