House passes Pompeo bill
July 23, 2015 |02:12 PM
The House today passed the bill introduced by Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., that would stop states from establishing laws to require labeling of foods with genetically modified ingredients. The vote on H.R. 1599 – Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act – was 275 to 150.
The House defeated by a vote of 122 to 303 an amendment sponsored by Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., which said if a U.S. company or subsidiary labels a product as containing GMOs in any foreign country, it would have to label the equivalent product the same way in the United States.
The House also defeated by a vote of 196 to 227 an amendment introduced by Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., and others that would ensure tribal sovereignty to prohibit or restrict the cultivation of genetically engineered plants on tribal lands.
The House also defeated by a vote of 163 to 262 an amendment introduced by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., that would have prohibited the use of the term “natural” on food when a food consists of a genetically engineered plant.
The House rejected by voice vote an amendment offered by Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, that would have struck the entire bill and added back the section that creates a non-GMO certification program and label at USDA.
The House defeated by a vote of 122 to 303 an amendment sponsored by Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., which said if a U.S. company or subsidiary labels a product as containing GMOs in any foreign country, it would have to label the equivalent product the same way in the United States.
The House also defeated by a vote of 196 to 227 an amendment introduced by Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., and others that would ensure tribal sovereignty to prohibit or restrict the cultivation of genetically engineered plants on tribal lands.
The House also defeated by a vote of 163 to 262 an amendment introduced by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., that would have prohibited the use of the term “natural” on food when a food consists of a genetically engineered plant.
The House rejected by voice vote an amendment offered by Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, that would have struck the entire bill and added back the section that creates a non-GMO certification program and label at USDA.
