GMO labeling
Initiatives to label foods containing genetically modified foods have gathered pace. Loren Israelsen, executive director of the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), which hosted a one-day seminar on the issue for dietary supplement companies, told us: “We sense that the issue is substantially more significant than dietary supplement companies think.”
“I believe GMO labeling is inevitable from the standpoint that consumers want it. The big question is whether it will be mandated by law. That remains to be seen.”
Steve Hoffman, principal of Compass Natural Marketing in Boulder, CO, and longtime non-GMO advocate, told us that the proliferation of proposed state GMO labeling laws is a means to an end, and the ultimate goal is a federal law that would require GMO labeling across the US.
“The way to get to federal labeling, I propose the only way to get there, is through the states. That will add increased pressure on any federal bill.”