How California Could Force the Rest of the US to Label GMO Foods
<div class='node-body'><p>In November, California voters will decide on a ballot initiative that would require labeling of all foods containing ingredients from genetically modified crops. The initiative made it to the ballot after <a href="http://carighttoknow.org/content/california-gmo-labeling-initiative-headed-ballot-right-know-campaign-turns-nearly-one-millio">almost 1 million Californians signed a petition in favor of it</a>—nearly double the 504,760 signatures needed under the state's proposition rules.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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