Washington: State vote on GMO labeling?

Washington state voters are likely to be asked next autumn whether labels on food sold in Washington must identify genetically modified organisms among the ingredients, The Spokesman-Review reports. The initiative would require special labels on any raw or processed food sold in Washington with any genetically modified ingredients, like fruits and vegetables, processed foods and even some seafood like genetically modified salmon. Among the common food products with genetically modified ingredients in the USA are corn, soybeans, sugar from sugar beets and cottonseed oil.
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Supporters of a ballot measure to require GMO labeling filed petitions with an estimated 350,000 signatures - more than 100,000 above the amount needed to qualify an initiative to the Legislature. If the signatures pass inspection, the initiative will be sent to the Legislature during the upcoming session. The proposed initiative comes two months after California voters rejected a similar ballot measure.
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Opponents say that would create big problems for farmers and food processors, who would have to put different labels on the same products if they?re sold in Washington and in other states. Labeling standards should be set by the federal government, not individual states, said Tom Davis of the Washington Farm Bureau.
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The Spokesman-Review
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Source: http://www.organic-market.info/web/News_in_brief/North_America/Washington/176/328/0/13856.html

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