Obama Signs GMO Labeling Bill Into Law

President Obama on July 29 signed into law the mandatory GMO labeling bill sponsored by Senate Agriculture Committee chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) and ranking member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). The bill, which the House passed on July 14 and the Senate on July 8, establishes a national mandatory labeling standard for GMO products, effectively preempting existing state laws like the one in Vermont that entered into force on July 1. Opponents of the measure decried the president's move shortly after the...