The biotech labeling negotiations led by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack broke down over whether GMOs had to be disclosed on food labels or whether it would be enough to ensure that electronic disclosure would be adequate to serve consumers, he says.

 

Vilsack, testifying before the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee on Thursday, made his first public comments about two days of meetings last month with representatives of organic companies and conventional food manufacturers.

 

 “We did make progress in our conversations, we just didn't get to the last issue,” Vilsack said.

 

The Grocery Manufacturers Association is lobbying Congress to preempt state GMO labeling laws and to allow food companies to disclose biotech ingredients on the web and through a smartphone-based system called SmartLabel

 

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