Minnesota’s New GMO Labeling Bill Could Change Everything For Monsanto

Minnesota’s New GMO Labeling Bill Could Change Everything For Monsanto
Midwestern state may change GMO labeling game
When you think of GMO labeling initiatives, you probably don’t immediately think about the tucked away Midwestern state of Minnesota.

When you think of GMO labeling initiatives, you probably don’t immediately think about the tucked away Midwestern state of Minnesota. But in a move that could very well beat out states like California and New York in finally achieving a full-fledged GMO labeling law system, Minnesota legislatures have introduced brand new highly-backed GMO labeling legislation that is shaping up to be quite promising.

Never before would you think that the battleground for GMO awareness and legislative overhaul would in fact take place at a St. Paul, Minneapolis court house, but that is exactly the current epicenter for the future decision that could impact states as far away as Florida and Texas.

Even with theintroduction of SB 335back in April of 2014, which would require the disclosure (through labeling) of genetically modified ingredients before or on January of 2017, it has sent GMO-based food manufacturers and biotech corporations into a frenzy. One that is full of the same old arguments we have heard (and proven to be lies) in the past, such as their ridiculous claims that:

“GMO labeling is so hard that it will drastically increase your grocery bill!” “The average consumer is so dumb that we can’t let them know which products contain GMOs!” “GMOs are exactly the same as natural foods!”

You know, the ones that Monsanto-backed ‘campaign organizations’ spew out in their flyers to voters, such as the flyers in which they were caught falsely using an FDA sealand official quote (similar things have landed some in prison).

But the good news, and the real news, here is that there is an abundance of support for the new bill. So much so that the local news appears to be freaking out, covering the number of individuals coming to the court house to share their support and voice their desire to see GMOs finally labeled in their state and beyond. One news outlet writes:

“Dozens of people packed a Capitol hearing Thursday for a first hearing on a bill that would mandate disclosure of genetic engineering in food and food ingredients.”

Before going on to mention how even local store owners are being pushed to label GMOs in their products:

“In the past six months, I’ve received numerous written and verbal requests to label GMO (Genetically-modified organisms) containing ingredients in our stores or discontinue a possibly GMO containing product,” said Liz McMann, consumer affairs manager at Mississippi Market in St. Paul. “My response is always the same. My hands are tied. Without mandatory labeling, it’s impossible to know if a non-organic product contains genetically modified organisms or not.”

As the bill heads to the state legislature’s Commerce Committee, it’s clear in virtually all pollsthat over 97% of the United States population wants to know what they’re eating — and Minnesota is no different.

Will Minnesota be the first state to finally change the game for GMO labeling? Tell us in the comments.

About Anthony Gucciardi:

Anthony is a natural health and human empowerment writer, speaker, and entrepreneur whose writings have appeared in #1 USA Today and Wall Street Journal Best-Selling books and top 100 websites. After overcoming Lyme Disease and nerve-related facial paralysis, Anthony's work now reaches several million readers per month through his highly prolific group of social media pages and websites. Focused on self-development techniques and living a healthy lifestyle, Anthony currently sits on the Advisory Board to Natural Society in addition to managing and directing several other companies dedicated to enhancing social good. Anthony's work routinely appears on both alternative and established websites and television programs alike, including Drudge Report, Thom Hartmann, Simple Reminders, RT, Infowars, Michael Savage, Gaiam TV, and many others.

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