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July 5th, 2016 
Awake Goy
Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Media Spokesperson, HEALTH MAX Group
Food industry giants such as the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), the Snack Food Association (SFA), the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) are at it again.
They are upset because the Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Act has made it to a Senate subcommittee for consideration, so they are taking Vermont to court because they have a label law going into effect in the near future.
The GMA have filed court complaints, citing that the labeling requirements in Vermont “amounts to compelled speech in violation of the First Amendment”.
And while this case remains under the court’s consideration, the state Senate Agricultural Committee (SAC) has given those corporations thirty days to comply and/or correct “any alleged GMO labeling violations”.
Senator Bernie Sanders, who is against labeling food for GMO, sent out an email to his supporters warning them that “corporate interests are at it again”.
Sanders wrote: “”Monsanto, agribusiness and the bio-tech industry have spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to overturn legislation passed by Vermont, Connecticut, Maine and Alaska that calls for the labeling of GMO food. In fact, they are moving aggressively now because Vermont’s strong law goes into effect today.”
The Bio-tech Industry has invested more than $6 million to bribe Capitol Hill into supporting their efforts.
Previously food manufacturers stated that they will give in to labeling GMO if they can voluntarily participate in the rule.
These corporations are currently lobbying Congress to “pass legislation that would require the Food and Drug Administration to create guidelines for the new labels, which food manufacturers could use.”
These processed foods giants are proposing a “voluntary labeling of genetically modified foods” in an attempt to preempt the possibility that more states will consider legislation to make this practice law.
The groups involved in this offering include:
• National Corn Growers Association
• National Restaurant Association
• National Beverage Association
In 2001, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drafted an industry guide on voluntary labeling of GMO ingredients in consumer products.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) are moving to support a voluntary labeling policy which would preempt “any state labeling laws that are not identical to the federal program.”
Another aspect of the swindle is state legislations being passed that claim to mandate labeling GMOs.
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