Potato, sugar leaders laud GMO labeling bill

Leaders of the potato and sugar beet industries say they consider a bill that passed Congress requiring labels on food containing genetically modified organisms to be a good compromise. The House of Representatives approved the bill July 14 by a 306-117 vote and sent it to the White House. President Barrack Obama has indicated he intends to sign the legislation, which agricultural interests laud for creating a single national standard to prevent a patchwork of state regulations. The GMO labeling bill recently implemented in Vermont will be suspended. New rules for the federal standard will go into effect within two years. More