Coca-Cola, Pepsi give $1 million each to oppose GMO labeling

The fight for the Right to Know what’s in our food continues as both Colorado and Oregon launch campaigns promoting the mandatory GMO-labeling initiative that voters will see on the November 4 ballot.
If passed, Colorado’s Proposition 105 would mandate labeling of genetically modified (GM) ingredients on products sold beginning July 1, 2016, reports the Coloradoan. Oregon’s proposed Measure 92 would require similar mandates including any food products containing GMOs be clearly labeled.
As with California’s 2012 Prop 37, the biotech industry has made its ominous presence known by dumping millions toward fighting Right to Know campaigns in both Colorado and Oregon.
Biotech industry spending more to fight GMO labeling than it would cost to actually label products
Gratefully, The Cornucopia Institute, an organic watchdog group, has kept a close eye on which companies are donating to fight GMO food labeling votes, with some of the latest assistance totaling nearly $3 million.

This post was published at Natural News on Sunday, October 26, 2014.