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Jul 06, 2016
American Soybean Association (ASA) President Richard Wilkins, a soybean farmer from Greenwood, Del., welcomed the Senate’s action today supporting compromise biotech labeling legislation from Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow. In a statement, Wilkins called on the Senate to finalize approval of the measure this week and provide certainty in the marketplace for the nation’s farmers and consumers:
“ASA welcomes today’s vote in the Senate, and we appreciate very much the hard work from Chairman Roberts and Ranking Member Stabenow to get us this far. Their cooperation and coordination has yielded a package that provides consumers the information about biotech content in food products that they need without stigmatizing a completely safe and sustainable food technology.
“We’re now six days into implementation of the Vermont law, and already we’ve seen more than 3,000 food products removed from shelves in Vermont. This drop in sales, coupled with the potential drop in sales due to consumer misperception of the misleading Vermont on-pack label, is already beginning to manifest itself in the marketplace. It’s clear that Congress must act quickly. We call on the Senate to pass the bill when it comes up for a vote later this week.”
