We celebrate with all of you who have been following and supporting GMO labeling for years and our attorneys at the Center for Food Safety on this huge win for the people’s right-to-know! Rural Vermont was, as a plaintiff, part of a coalition of nonprofits and retailers in a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of San Francisco (California) to successfully challenge the Trump Administration’s rulemaking in 2018 that would have discriminated against tens of millions of Americans by permitting the use of QR codes on packaging. The court has agreed that QR codes alone are not enough !! Unfortunately, the court did not agree to all claims, e.g. the USDA will still define highly refined products that don't need to be labeled because of undetectable GMO traces.

Read the full press release here.

As plaintiff in the ongoing lawsuit against the USDA GMO labeling rules, our coalition of nonprofits and retailers took an important step in filing details with the federal court. The case challenges USDA’s decision to allow GMO labeling to be hidden behind QR codes, especially because that will restrict access for so many in rural areas of Vermont. The Center for Food Safety’s recent press release shares more information: