The United States of America is a country with an abundant supply of food and food products. With a wide range of choices in edibles, consumers do have the right to know what goes into their food, how it is manufactured and how it is grown.
With each state having different laws on label information, the consumer can find it confusing sometimes. However the House has passed the H.R. 1599 which ensures accurate and safe food labels for the consumers to make an informed decision when they buy their food.
The bill was authored by Rep. G.K. Butterfield and Rep. Mike Pompeo and approved by the House Agriculture Committee on the 14th of July, 2015.
The Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Michael Conaway, issued a statement in lieu of the law. Conaway said,
“Advances in technology have allowed the U.S. to enjoy the safest, highest quality, most abundant, diverse and affordable supply of food and fiber mankind has ever known. With the world’s population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, biotechnology is an essential tool for our farmers to meet this demand in an environmentally sound, sustainable, and affordable way. Unfortunately, proposed Federal and State laws threaten this innovation by generating a patchwork of differing labeling requirements, which will result in inconsistent and confusing information for consumers and interfere with interstate commerce. H.R. 1599 establishes a voluntary nation-wide marketing program that gives consumers access to consistent, reliable information while protecting advancements in food production technology and innovation.”
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