Suppliers for the grocery chain Price Chopper will no longer be sending 3,000 products to its Vermont stores because of the state’s new labeling law for genetically modified foods, or GMOs.
Vermont now requires food companies to include labels on products to tell customers they are made with GMOs. It’s a law that’s backed by environmentalists across the country and is intended to vilify genetically modified products.
But Price Chopper shoppers are going to lose out on thousands of products, from Cadbury chocolates to Entenmann’s donuts to Pepsi products, because companies don’t want to pay the added cost of labeling the foods.
WCAX.com reports the chain “will no longer receive are Del Monte fruits, some Hostess products, some Chicken of the Sea, Sabra Hummus, some Heinz Ketchup, Sage Valley nuts, Bob Evans foods, Louisiana Fish Fry products, Sea Gold Seafood and some Starbucks products,” just to name a few.
“I think it has to be a federal proposal at this point,” Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Scott told WCAX.com. “I had advocated at the time that it was passed that it should be triggered amongst other Northeast states.”
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They'll figure it out and eventually get those labels changed to comply. Until then they can enjoy the black market they've created.
ReplyDeleteLabeling Food products and identifying what we put into our bodies is a good thing that give us the right to choose what we buy and consume.
ReplyDeleteAll states should be doing this. Many countries will not buy our products because they are genetically modified without proper identification. You can get fresher, more wholesome products in 3rd world countries than you can in the United States. For Instance, why does milk now last for 5 weeks????