A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee will review this week an updated version of a food labeling bill that would create a national standard for the voluntary labeling of food containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs)

 

Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., G.K. butterfield, D-N.C., first introduced the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act, H.R. 1599, in March.  They recently released a discussion draft of an amendment that the committee will consider along with the original bill.  The new language would allow food makers to go through a USDA program to recieve a certified non-GMO label for their products.  That program would be similar to one now administered by USDA for its National Organic Program.

 

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