date:Sep 10, 2015
Food trade groups this week including the Grocery Manufacturers Association reiterated their position that Vermonts law requiring labels on genetically engineered (GE) foods is forced speech that violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Vermont cannot show that it had a substantial interest in passing Act 120, and the legislatures opinion that GE foods pose potential risks to agriculture, the environment, health and safety is not remotely enough to satisfy the First Amendment, und