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Tuesday, May 06, 2014

Will Vermont’s GMO Labeling Law Survive Legal Challenge? | The Food Law Firm

by Lauren Handel

Vermont’s GMO labeling bill is expected to be challenged in the courts soon after it is signed by the Governor. In an opinion piece for Food Safety News, Shelley Powers predicts “Vermont Will Triumph Against Court Challenges to New Labeling Legislation.” My prediction more lawyerly and less sanguine: Vermont’s GMO labeling law might survive constitutional challenge, in part, or it could be entirely struck down. The two biggest constitutional hurdles for Vermont’s law are federal preemption and the First Amendment guarantee of free speech...

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See also here for dissection of the Hawaii case





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