Consumers wanting to know if their foods contain genetically modified ingredients will be able to find out for the first time.
Congress sent legislation to President Barack
Obama on Thursday that would require most food packages to carry a text
label, a symbol or an electronic code readable by smartphone that
indicates whether the food contains genetically modified ingredients, or
GMOs. The Agriculture Department would have two years to write the
rules.
The White House says Obama will sign the bill,
which would supersede a Vermont law that kicked in earlier this month.
The House passed the legislation 306-117 on Thursday.
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