host: how would you design a label?>> guest: with difficulty. i would do something much disagree much like a traffic label system that was used in great britain for a while. the fda proposed a photo packaging system. because the institute of medicine in washington to do the two major reports on the package labeling and the second is a proposed system of photo package labeling and it's like traffic lights where it only looks at the sugar, salt, saturated fat and calories and has a check mark for them. but that came out during an election year and find him and i think the fda is going to leave those reports in the drawer until they get the nutrition facts label straightened out and they may never go back to it but i would pull the report out of the drawer immediately. >> host: because of the availability of more calories per person and is thus likely to decrease world hunger? >> guest: would be nice. it is decreasing according to the food and agriculture organization that just came out with its annual report and its down

same thing for organic labels. we are buying poorer quality products and paying more for them and unknowingly continuing our support for these practices. it seems like we have heard problem after problem. what is the solution? here is a start. one, congress needs to adjust the confinement and health regulations. urgency to banhe antibiotic usage among the agricultural industry because of its negative effects on the public health and the environment as a whole. as far as labeling goes, we are the ones buying into this. what you really need to do is compare food labels. you need to educate yourself on what you need to be eating. >> in addition to this, the fda needs to crack down on its standards and allow for more fair and accurate labeling of its products. after taking this journey, we now know the different backgrounds. even with this new understanding of what we are eating, it does not mean you will change your diet or what you choose to eat. now, that you are unlike and, it will make you think before you take a

less than 70 percent government funded, so we corrected the label. by the way, if anyone it twitter once getting deeper, the learned that the canadian media is largely government funded and subsidized to an extent, far greater than meets the eye. but canadian prime minister just in trudeau hysterically played the class warfare card in defense of the public broadcaster accusing conservative party opposition leader. yes. why? yeah. law of cozying up to us billionaires. an obvious reference to must. why the evelyn written the letter to twitter drawing attention to the fact that the c, b, c, which canadian conservatives have lot of use of cow towing to the left leaning establishment . the agenda shouldn't be left out of the research labeling spree which also hit other western outlets like britain's b, b c. now label is publicly funded and and p r. so national public radio in the u. s, which has outright quit twitter in protest. but hey, must a $44000000000.00 for twitter so he can do what he wants with his own private company. right? that's the idea that

and it has zero trans on the label of the new chris go to zero chance on the label. so will take sample and homogenize of. the sky and that's what will be analyzed for the trans fatty acids. from. the. keep. from. every food sample that we had. asked it was labeled us and zero grams of trans fat person or object but fortunately all of these foods contain a deadly grade and the most surprising the strongest margarine which contains zero point four six grams of trans fat person again. and so if the savage consumer looks at the name gradients partially hydrogenated vegetable or name no that means transplants so how can it says zero and still be contained partially hydrogenated vegetable oils confusion is not a good thing i think we really probably should not be allowing zero there unless there is no partially hydrogenated vegetable or product after i started really reading labels i noticed some truly disturbing processed foods. to sort of ours are designed specifically for people with diabetes or will it meir stampfer you know those two harvard researchers just told us

it's only now that the same labels are being applied to them that the cdc says that it represents an unfair attack on the integrity of. busy individual journalists working for them, so the cdc, which by the way, last received $1240000000.00 with a b of annual funding from the canadian federal government has now paused its twitter account and pointed out little guess 30 percent of its funding on its own thank you very much, which prompted, elan must to amend the label. canadian broadcasting corp said they're less than 70 percent government funded, so we corrected the label. by the way, if anyone at twitter was getting deeper, de learned that the canadian media is largely government funded and subsidized to an extent, far greater than meets the eye. but canadian prime minister justin trudeau hysterically played the class warfare card in defense of the public broadcaster accusing conservative party opposition leader jeff, while yella of cozying up to us billionaires an obvious reference to must by the evelyn written the letter to twitter, drawing attention to the fact that the c, b c, w

to label or not to label. we're debating genetically modified foods and if you want to see them on store shelves. >> gmos, it stands for genetically modified organisms, and dozens of states are looking at labeling requirements, but there are a lot of politics surrounding potential policies. while there is no shortage of opinions on this topic, my tweets have been lit up all day. >> our community is vocal and passionate and very opinioned. >> consumers have a right to know how their food is made. spencer said i agree about labeling. gmo does is to food as cloned humans are to humans. finally the sad thing about this debate it has become a political issue as and not, quote, what is best for the population issue. loyal streamers, you're the third host of the show. due to all your online contributions, engage us on twitter using the hashtag. >> they say you are with a you eat, and many residents in washington state want to know what they're eating. there is a battle brewing which would require retail food product

labeling is a very crude instrument. if food has to be labeled, nobody would buy them especially regarding gmo's. we do not have the educated public that we would like. i think we need to ensure consumers that genetically engineered foods are safe. and then eat them. we need greater legislation to give the fda that authority. guest: democrats line, san mateo, california. host-- host: democrats line, san mateo, california. caller: i think the testing may be adequate, but the time span is not long enough. my question is there is a lot of labeling on the products when they reach the consumer. i do not read much about adding animal parts to foods that are fit to cows for example. does your group have any interest in that topic? guest:gmo's testing, there is no way to test it for 50 or 60 years. that is what you really need to see if there are any differences. you can with animal studies to see what the effect are. you can do chemical or nutritional testing, then we do not see any difference. the basic ingredients, high fruct

we regulate the labeling including labeling on the foods under the food and drug act. we established that the food is disbanded if it is labeling, false or misleading in any particular. the act also provides that labeling is misleading if it fails to review material facts to the representation made by suggestive of labeling or number two fails with respect to consequences whether that is a labeled use or customary use. historically they are taking the position that the use of the genetic engineering and the food is normally not by a self material information in a meeting of the food and drug act. the courts have held that absent of the facts are the difference fact or the difference in the food derived from the source. the act doesn't require labeling indicating that it's been developed for the genetic engineering. .. is the agency more or less confident today in the safety of the underlying technology? >> it's confidence remains strong. it has been and remains strong. >> how do you know that genetically engineered foods are no different in terms of safety than their c

include work to modernize labels, label claims, ingredient labels, while also taking forward our ongoing efforts to implement nutrition facts labels and to reduce sodium. these are some of the steps we're going to be taking. long beenhave interested in fighting easier ways to identify healthful foods by looking at the label when shopping for groceries. science-based claims to help people do that. that's why we are looking at modernizing how we look at claims. claims are quick signals on food packages about what benefits the food or beverage may choose -- and they choose might have. claims can encourage the food industry to introduce new products to improve healthy qualities. food makers are going to focus on asher it's that they can advertise -- attributes they can advertise. we will see manufacturers focus more of their investment innovation on things they can talk about, like taste and value. they will be far less emphasis on coming up with the features that can improve nutrition and health. i believe there is more room for competition in the marketplace when it comes to the healthful

two, as far as labeling goes, we are the ones buying into it. compare need to do is labels.ducate yourself on what you need to be eating. in addition to this, the fda needs to crack down on its standards and make more fair and realistic labeling practices on all products. >> drought taking this journey, and i now know the background of my food, but even with this new understanding, it does not mean you should change her diet or what you tuesday one day. but now that you are enlightened, it will make you think next time you take a bite. ♪ >> to watch all of the prize-winning documentaries in this year's competition, visit studentcam.org. here are some of the programs this holiday weekend on c-span. eastern, a8:00 p.m. briefing on the discovery of seven earthlike planets orbiting a nearby star. >> we are currently using the hubble space telescope to determine if they have hydrogen -helium dominated atmospheres. prosll the discussion on and cons of genetically modified food. petland'sk that all best plans are gmo is because there is nothing you buying your grocery stores, wheth

they all have come out against labeling because they know that labeling as this woman is suggesting itwe have it, will in some way scare people and lead to the kind of disinformation campaigns, these women are perfectly willing to hype to scare people and the science is somehow undecided. if you don't believe the national academy of sciences and the american medical association and the world health organization. then you are anti science there is no other way to describe your position. >> patty i have to give you the last word. we don't have much time. please go ahead. >> there is so much there i am not sure where to start. we are not anti-science. we think that the science has been politicized in this case and i think that there are thousands of example where his that happens ranging as far back as people saying smoking was good for you for how many years, the signs is not pure. the politics can influence that we into he it time and time again. which the comes down to the food industry, it is fascinating i think it's one of the few industries that regularly calls its customers stupid

this is not just labeling. there are a whole bunch of food regulations that will increase price of groceries at the store. gerri: margo, i want you to weigh in something we've been talking about on this and revaing serving sizes. that is part of the labeling issue. they're going to, instead of saying that a pint of ice cream is two to four servings will say two which is more like reality. there is concern there will be downsizing of packaging along with this and increase food prices. what do you say to that? >> i say the last time nutrition labeling went into effect there sn't increase in costs passed on to the consumer even though a lot of people cried wolf and said that was going to happen. so i'm not expecting to see that. customers want a certain size package, they're used to that it will just mean that they will ve more accurate nutrition informatiofor what is in that package. bag of chips was about the same size. going to be more honest labeling of it. >> well the food experts i talked to today, incding a

do i need that label? >> to that point, the government will be a lot more intrusive with these food labels, shoot, as long as they don't talk to you, you know, 'ut the coffee down. >> how do you know that isn't next? put the pint down. >> milk makes you crave the -- >> i'm going by what they found out. >> i don't believe that, either. >> fine. okay. charles and adam are leaving now. when we come back, i want you to take a look at this. >> some suburban california homes trashed with graffiti bashing the 1% t. forbes gang wants to know if this is what happens if they keep banging the clash warfare drama. >>> remember this, isn't it odd the go company slapped by the government, gets a slap on the wrist by the government. history is repeated. another gm recall getting bigger and bigger and bigger. and the silence from d.c.? deafening. . . >>> a deadry recall for toyota. a gm accused of doing the same thing. not a beat from washington. not a beat from washington. why do you think comcast brought millions of peo

the label read: the labelling law was part of farm bills in 2002 and 2008, and had support from some. ranchers. canada and mexico never liked the labels fearing they'd be at a disadvantage to u.s. product. with the backing of the world trade organization they are threatening to impose $3 billion or more on tariffs on a wide range of american goods unless the labels are dropped. consumer groups backed the labels because they help consumers under where the food comes from. >> consumers, the american people, the people we represent want to make purchases from a trusted source. >> reporter: canada and mexico many in the industry especially those that buy cattle from north and south of the border see it as a failed marketing tool that drives up costs. >> we have producers that will buy in canada and mexico bring them across the border, add value and market it as the united states. mandatory labelling wouldn't allow it. >> reporter: under the law canadian and mexican animals have to be segregated from those in the u.s. that's pricey. kent says if consumers want the labels. his industry wil

we rely on those labels more than we rely on what the food actually tastes or smells like. it's just another example of how we fail to ever think for ourselves so if there's anything that needs an expiration date in this story it's our practice of blindly following whatever our corporations and government tell us to do tonight to talk about that by following me on twitter at the resident. before we go don't forget to tune in to nine pm per politics with larry king tonight larry goes on a tour of the newseum here in washington d.c. it should be a great look at a museum devoted to the world of journalism here's a snippet of what's to come where larry visits the museum's nine eleven dollars and a look back to when the twin towers fell. this incredible exhibit well this exhibit really tells the story of the reporters who were first responders who you like firemen and cops ran toward danger when others were running away that day that's what reporters do that's what you do and this is the story as told through hundreds of newspapers around the gallery the story that they told on

the label. so will take a sample and how modularize that. and that's what will be analyzed for the trans fatty acids. from. and. every food sample that we had tested was labeled as having zero grams of trans fat person. unfortunately all of these foods contain that deadly. the most surprising promise margarine which contains zero point four six grams of trans fat person. and so if the consumer looks at the ingredients partially hydrogenated vegetable all of that means trance fats so how can it say zero and still be containing partially hydrogenated vegetable oils confusion is not a good thing i think we really probably should not be allowing zero there unless there is no partially hydrogenated vegetable product after i started really reading labels i notice some truly disturbing processed foods. bars are designed specifically for people with diabetes. you know those two harvard researchers just told us how transplant them hydrogenated oils insulin resistance and lead to diabetes. why would any c

the issue of should we change .he labels we have somewhat complicated labels of ingredients and attrition. there has been a lot of -- certainly when i was in the white house, we pushed for pack labeling. and we have obviously -- obviously, i say -- in the affordable care act, it included a requirement for caloric menu labeling by any establishment that has 20 outlets or more. under a tested change or have an impact on the obesity epidemic, so i think there are a lot of different ways that the government does intersect with think it hasand i had a big impact certainly on what children eat, if nothing else. michael: jacob, in terms of federal regulation, what are ways the federal government can do to make sure that people eat more nutritious food? two basic questions. one is making people aware and giving them access to more nutritious food, and that is basically an informational problem and an access problem. which foods are in fact the ones we should be eating? my friends in the public health they we have known that for long time, and my friends outside of the community think we have no i

there are actually no labeling requirements. when people are making food in the late 19th century they can put anything they want to in it. they don't have to safety tested they don't have to tell you what they have put in your food. so when wiley comes to the usda in 1883 the usda is the only government agency that has any responsibility for food safety in the country and they have never looked at it. but, wiley comes in and the first professor of chemistry at purdue and they had only six faculty including the presidents and he had started the chemistry department and had gotten interested in fake food. when he comes to the federal level he basically says to his boss, i'm going to do this other business but i want to look at the quality of food in the united states. starting in the mid 80s, his department of about six chemist started doing a series of investigations of the american food supply. as they do this, he starts to realize how crazy bad food is manufactured food is. and when you read these bulletins and i can say i'm o

he completed the work that his grandmother had started, writing down bits of family history, labeling objects, continuing to live among these objects that he had inherited from his grandmother, britannia. upon his death the house was inherited by his only child. his son, armistead peter the wife, caroline. for the next 23 years they stuart it the place into the 20th century. they have been living there for a portion of every year since 1924. stewarding the house well untilhe 20th century, 1983. was his wish that it be left as a museum so that he and his wife set things in motion in the 1960's to create the foundation that is now the tutor place foundation and open house to the public after his death. in 1988 the house opened as a museum to allow the public to see the object i've discussed today. as a further tied to george revolution, i the want to mention our upcoming event at the end of the month, the reproduction of the office to marquee tents coming tutor place unable 29th and we 30th. have a number of planned activities to highlight the tent and its connection to objects in tutor

label. so that the chance has come. up with. a. lot. more there see transfer. to the major scientific equipment to determine whether or not this translates into probably what you're supposed to do take the equipment to a restaurant with you and test the food to see if it's got transcribed and if zero doesn't mean zero that food companies might be lying when they put zero grams of trans person on the front of packages. i had to spend a weekend at the university of maryland chemistry lab to find out. i have been presented with these five samples of. films and they've asked me to analyze them or transfer content. first one is a margarine and it has zero trans on the label and the new christo has zero trans on the label. so will take the sample and homogenize that. and that's what will be analyzed for the trans fatty acids. and. every food sample that we had tested was labeled as out in zero grams of trans fat person. unfortunately all of these foods contain the deadly grade in the most surprisi

no label gives you nothing. that is it. host: what do you mean no label gives you nothing? caller: no label tells you it has no history, it has no background of telling the person with the history is of their party of their history, their current opinions get messed up without a party label. host: that is nancy in minnesota. if you go to the no labels document, the list of principles this document represents when it comes to energy issues and environmental issues, part of it says one of the goals is all and above energy strategy is the best way to lower prices for american families, saying america needs to be able to build clean energy technology. these are the principles i possible third-party could represent, should it happen. do you support or oppose the effort? pick the line that best represents you. you can text us your thoughts at (202) 748-8003. in virginia, opposed line. caller: good morning. i want to talk about joe manchin , he is a disaster for the american public. he is the man behind this scam. this is a coup to defeat joe biden, who is popular against trump. t

we rely on those labels more than we rely on what the food actually tastes or smells like. it's just another example of how we fail to ever think for ourselves so if there's anything that needs an expiration date in this story it's our practice of blindly following whatever our corporations and government tell us to do tonight to talk about that by following me on twitter at the resident. that does it for no more the stories recovered like the latest weapon shipments to iraq or the fate of detainees at guantanamo bay go to youtube dot com or to america check out our web site r t v dot com slash usa you're told me on twitter sam sachs we'll see you back here at eight pm but for watching. welcome to the kaiser report i'm max keiser happy boxing day boxing day is traditionally the day following christmas day when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts from their bosses or employers known as a christmas box and one of the masters of our universe left us in our christmas box today oh this doesn't look very good at all not even a lump of coal seams in fact i'm afraid to say t

i first asked her why the labeling law is needed for more. they shared a victory in vermont and it's really the culmination of a grassroots movement across the country that can really going on for twenty years but has been building in tenth place in the last few years i like it and it turned out well when we ran about in michigan california. this is information that consumers want to have over ninety percent of people. i'm consistently same poll after poll that came on gmo to be labeled in the us like they already are and sixty four other countries but we haven't been able to get labels here because of huge money during campaigns by monsanto and the pesticide companies that are desperate to keep this information on food labels to vermont is really a huge breakthrough. i think it's really the beginning. the crack in it down that's good result and i it was simple information going to consumers that we want about the food everything will be good to go skiing in california and one and one in washington back in two thousand tiles were narrowly def

and it has zero trance on the label and the new christos has zero chance on the label. so we'll take a sample and homogenize it. and that's what will be analyzed for the transparency efforts. from. the. summer. months and. from. every food sample that we had. asked it was labeled us i mean zero grams of trans fat per cent of it unfortunately all of these foods contain the deadly gradient the most surprising the strongest margarine which contains zero point four six grams of trans fat person serving. and so if the savvy consumer looks at the ingredients they see it partially hydrogenated vegetable oil and i know that that means trance fats so how can it say zero and still contain partially hydrogenated vegetable oils computers and it's not a good thing i think we really probably should not be allowing zero there i'm less there is no partially hydrogenated vegetable product after i started really reading labels i noticed some truly disturbing processed foods. to sort of ours are designed specifically for people with diabetes. or will it near stampfer you know those two ha

-- entire eu now has labeling for gmo's.hink it is a big mistake for the food manufacturers of saying let them decide. tavis: what reason have you been given by the industry for not having done this voluntarily? >> i really don't know the answer to that. i can only speculate that they fear that -- they're concerned i believe is that, when you label, it is passing a judgment. i don't believe that to be the case, but they would argue that you are suggesting that when food is not as good or as fulsome as the other. i know there are people who believe that and they have a right to know. and there are a lot of americans who don't believe that. as governor of a state where i am getting overwhelming , weensus from constituents are 625,000 people appear to my seermonters --, i wantnters every day game i to know what is in my food grade let us have that right. vermont has led in the past. we were the first state to pasish slavery, twto marriage equalitys, we have the best small farmers and best ag products being shipped all over the

that wording was all in the 2010 label that fda mandated, not in merck's label. justice sotomayor: you say earlier that the merck scientists were saying when they received this letter, the fda does not like our language. what do you suggest merck could have done without changing its label so the fda would have approved it? and why do you believe you can convince a jury that if they had done it your way, the fda would have accepted the new label? mr. frederick: as a regulatory matter, let's start with the law first. cbe regulation gives the manufacturer the right to change its label subject to revision by the fda. that never happened because merck never proposed an adequate -- justice sotomayor: we know that the fda, assuming the theory that the fda does not believe the label is adequate, what could they have done, absent the study? because the study obviously changed the fda's eye. you are saying merck could have done it. mr. frederick: there was plenty of information by that point, and dr. lang goes through the chronology. it is a beautifully done amicus brief t

in due time and in the, in the future, you'll see changes in their labels. they'll stop using the word fact and they'll come up with some other way to express it where they still exercise their dictatorship right to control speech on their platform. but it won't be a false presentation like the word fact check is false. ah, the more analysis and insight into those facebook revelations on been quite a revelation doesn't it? it's just a click away are teak, dot com has a cover for that time. plenty more. besides a clash of cultures, how it seen denmark to exit. immigration minister jailed inger steinberg was sentenced a 2 months behind bars for a legally separating refugee couples. back in 2016. under danish law couples can murray from the age of 18. but during the migrant crisis, girls as young as 15 who had legally married in their home countries arrived in denmark. the then minister ordered the young wives to be separated from their husbands. a danish court ruled up was unlawful. now the decision was made without consideration of individual circumstances, m

obesity labeling has gone through the roof.he government getting involved doesn't make me feel comfortable. >> the food processing and packaging industry, the department of agriculture, for them to make more disclosures on more products will not be a cost to consumer really in the end nor will it be difficult and for many consumers will enjoy having that information. however, if you think you're going to get beyond that by fighting obesity or some other issue with this, it's wrong-headed policy because as you point out despite all of this disclosure, despite transparency, america is getting bigger whatever reasons are, perhaps it's tied to prosperity more than anything else, but package labeling is not a bad thing and the government should be at least consistent. >> let's use the reverse argument. maybe we would have gotten fatter if we didn't have the foot labeling, huh? that's a possibility. >> obesity-- but the question is, are they going to go past food labeling? they always go farther and farther, going back to the energy

they consider all different factors that go into the age labeling of a product. and then once that determination is made, that triggers different legal requirements. >> you're saying that those legal requirements were not met, even in the case of hatchimals and the lol toys? >> in the case of online retail, the hazard warnings required for products that contain small parts, when the product is age graded for an older child, that that warning label was not clear and conspicuous, which is what is required by the statute. >> i would like to add, one of the things that we are calling for is for the consumer product safety commission to look into this and determine whether or not these online retailers are violating the law by not having the legally required labels. >> how hard could it be to put that warning online for the product and why aren't they doing it? >> i agree with you. it's not hard at all. we're talking about the world's largest -- some of the world's largest sellers. they absolutely should do whatever it takes to make sure kids are safe. i can't speak t

labels are fine but that this bill won't give the voters the labels that voters want the no side has focused on perceived to have probably made up exemptions and loopholes that don't actually exist in the law and they also kind of focus on extra costs that will burn these companies us right so you take the cost of what it would cost for every company to take the g.m.o. ingredients out of their products and they say that's what it would cost to label the product labels are virtually cost less so most of the most of the money that's coming from the opposition side is is funneling misinformation base oh yeah this issue because they can't win by thing they don't support consumers right now and as a result of the citizens united and other elections that have allowed all this money to flow into these elections it's really hard to kind of speak through a lot of the misinformation that's coming out california tried to become the first state last year to to require g.m.o. labeling washington now is trying to become the first state to do it how important is it for that first state to break thr

a latin record label turning a profit. new year, new you. financial resolutions you can and should keep. "on the money" starts right now. >> this is "on the money" your money, your life, your future. now, becky quick. >> here is a look at what's making news. investors cheered solid games despite a small sell-off on 2014's final trading dade, stocks ended at close to record levels. the dow closed in positive territory ending 2014 up by more than 7.5%. that's the longest streak since the nine-year run from 1991 to 1999. the s&p ended up more than 11%, that's three straight years of double digit gains. growth in america's economy was led by improved consumer confidence. markets were mixed on first trading day of the new year. oil continues to be a big story. the price of crude dropping by more than 50% over the last six months ending its worst year since 2008. excess supply blamed for the massive drop, also weakness in demand. it was the other black cold, coffee, that ended 2014 as the top performing commodity. coffee gained more than 50% on th

they only have to label half a gram per serving so you still need to read your ingredient label cause that copy paste all of this so that it has has become. like knowledge that it's. all off the boil their currency transfer because smell time from any major scientific inquiry to determine whether about this transcript of the problem what he was closer to take the equipment to a restaurant with you and test the food see this call transparent and if it's zero doesn't mean zero then food companies might be lying when they put zero grams of trans person being on the front of the market just. i had to spend a weekend at the university of maryland biochemistry allowed to find out. i have been presented with these five samples of foods on my server rebel films and they've asked me it's a analyze them or trans fatty acid content the first one is the tallest margarine and it has zero chance on the label and the new christo has zero trans on the label. so will take a sample and homogenize it. and that's what will be analyzed for the trans fatty acids. and. eat. them from the. every food sample

is that what no labels is trying to do? you're trying to roll a bowling ball through the fragility of both parties right now. they, yes, i mean, you know, both parties have shown us time and time again. just as you say, donald trump read to find the republican party with 10 people, half of whom here is related to right. ok. bernie sanders, who's not even a democrat, basically took over the democratic party, the green, new deal bills back that are, those are his defining ideas. and every, you know, if you walk down the street, people understand the green new deal is affiliated with the democratic party. so we want the same attention and the same uh, you know, ideas address to those of us who believe that the priorities of the country should always come. first of right, the party li. i mean, i want to ask you a bit about money real quick. i guess last election cycle, $144.00, uh, $14400000000.00. mean that is a huge amount of money. i had no idea that the political spending had reached that level. how i mean, when i heard tha

labeling can down the road. i think the reality is that maine is a small state connecticut is a small state remonde also is. working on g.m.o. labeling legislation and we're all small states the idea has been if we're able to band together and compact it's going to make it more practical for us to create enough of a critical mass to make this so that we're not going to be penalized by manufacturers from out of state that are using g.m.o. products and are absolutely opposed to having to tell the consumers the truth about that now on the other hand will g.m.o. labeling hurt that businesses in that region in the states is it an all or nothing kind of thing where either the entire country signs on to this g.m.o. labeling or the individual states will suffer. no i don't think so at all in fact i think that we're going to see a benefit to states like maine and connecticut and vermont and then this fall in washington state there's an initiative called five twenty two and the citizens of washington will vote on that to

on it much like we have warning labels here cigarettes a warning label on processed foods it says warning this food may be harmful to your health while europe. in countries require genetically modified foods to be labeled in the u.s. the biotech industry and corporations like pepsi co and coca-cola spent millions last year to defeat a california ballot initiative for g.m.o. labeling it's very difficult to get the right labeling stand on to the packaging pushback with the producers who do not want to label what really is going into a food supply whole foods market or grocery chain with three hundred thirty nine stores recently announced that it will begin labeling all g.m.o. foods within the next five years it will be the first and only u.s. retail store to require the food labeling on the other hand when it comes to soda regulation is off limits new york city mayor michael bloomberg recently lost his fight to limit the extra large serving sizes of sweet beverages in an effort to fight obesity. i. say and soda lovers like v.p. want to be sarah pailin have celebrated the fact that americans