GMA Cites Costs of Vermont Law in Urging Passage of Federal Bill on Uniform Food Labeling Standard (GMA - Grocery Manufacturers Association)

(Source: GMA - Grocery Manufacturers Association) GMA Press Contact rlowe@gmaonline.org Food group sends letter to Vermont Governor on Implementation Costs to Businesses (Washington, D.C.) - The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) said today that the enormous costs, complexities and challenges for food manufacturers to comply with Vermont's food labeling mandate show the critical need for Congress to pass federal legislation setting a uniform national food labeling standard. Vermont's state labeling mandate on foods with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is scheduled to go into effect in July 2016, and GMA is challenging that law in federal court. While the case is pending, however,...