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Vermont Becomes First Mover on GMO Labeling

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There are no conditions on Vermont’s efforts to regulate genetically modified organisms: Unlike other Northeastern states, where GMO labeling laws are contingent on what their neighbors do, Vermont will go it alone when its law goes into effect in 2016. But not everyone’s happy with the outcome.

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GMA Takes Vermont to Court Over GMO Labeling Law

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The Grocery Manufacturers Association, with three other trade groups, filed a lawsuit against Vermont last week, arguing that the state’s first-in-the-nation law requiring GMO food labeling is unconstitutional. Vermont’s law has no such contingency. “[But] I don’t think there are going to be any surprises.”

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