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03/17/2016 / By Mike Adams

DARK Act defeated in U.S. Senate as lawmakers receive tidal wave of calls from angry food consumers who are tired of being LIED to about GMO in their food

The DARK Act was defeated in the U.S. Senate today, achieving a massive victory for consumers and also for the Environmental Working Group, which helped organize large-scale opposition to the bill. The DARK Act would have outlawed state-level GMO labeling laws nationwide, condemning American food consumers to remaining completely in the dark over the genetically […]

03/16/2016 / By Julie Wilson

Huge win for Americans: DARK Act officially defeated!

Today marks a beautiful and victorious day for the organic industry, health food advocates and consumers alike. A bill that would have stripped individual states of their right to label GMOs has been narrowly defeated in the Senate. Coined the “DARK (Deny Americans the Right to Know) Act” by its opponents, the bill is overwhelmingly […]

03/04/2016 / By Martin Mavis

Corporate money behind ‘GMO labeling’ Dark Act – organic advocate (Video)

The Senate Committee on Agriculture approved a bill, dubbed the ‘Dark Act,’ seeking to prohibit states from issuing their own mandatory labeling laws for food containing genetically modified ingredients. Alexis Baden-Mayer, Political Director of the Organic Consumer Association, joins RT America’s Manila Chan to break down the flow of money from industry to politicians, gutting […]

02/26/2016 / By Martin Mavis

DARK Act to outlaw GMO labeling nationwide… TAKE ACTION! (Audio)

The U.S. Congress is pushing hard to pass the DARK Act that would outlaw all mandatory GMO labeling nationwide! This act of outrageous food secrecy is being pushed by Monsanto and the evil biotech industry. It’s the latest desperate attempt to keep consumers in the dark about all the poisonous GMOs and glyphosate they’re eating! […]

11/30/2015 / By gmonews

Big Agra legal deception: The all-out assault to hide what’s really in your food

In a recent article, the commonly used pro-biotechnology mouth piece, Henry I. Miller, stated that the Supreme Court’s decision in Reed v. Town of Gilbert laid a constitutional precedent: It barred the attempts of food activists to get genetically modified food labeled so it can be differentiated by customers at the retail level. Though this claim […]

10/28/2015 / By Vicki Batts

DARK Act faces opposition of 95 state lawmakers; will they be enough?

The call to label GMO foods is not just a passing fashion; over the last several years more than 30 U.S. states have introduced over 70 GMO-labeling bills by state lawmakers who actually listen to their constituents. Despite their claims that they have nothing to hide, Monsanto and its counterparts strongly intend to block state […]

09/07/2015 / By Greg White

Mike Pompeo blatantly lied to Americans about food prices while voting to ban GMO labeling nationwide

July 23 was a dark day for GMO opponents. The House of Representatives passed the Dark Act, which makes it illegal for states to issue mandatory labeling laws for foods with genetically engineered ingredients. Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan) issued the legislation in an effort to keep Americans in the dark about the toxic herbicides that […]

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