{"id":94606,"date":"2016-08-01T17:47:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T17:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=94606"},"modified":"2016-08-01T17:47:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T17:47:00","slug":"obama-betrays-consumers-signs-sham-gmo-labeling-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/obama-betrays-consumers-signs-sham-gmo-labeling-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Betrays Consumers, Signs Sham GMO Labeling Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Nearly 500,000 consumers signed on so far to boycott brands, including organic brands, owned by companies that refuse to label<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/strong> <strong>August 1, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONTACT<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Organic Consumers Association<\/a>, Katherine Paul, <a href=\"mailto:katherine@organicconsumers.org\">Katherine@organicconsumers.org<\/a> 207.653.3090<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINLAND, Minn.<\/strong> The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) today called on US consumers to join the nearly 500,000 people who have already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buycott.com\/campaign\/211\/boycott-these-pro-gmo-brands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed up<\/a> to boycott brands that refuse to label products that contain genetically engineered ingredients.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OCA also called on its members to withdraw their political support from every member of Congress who voted against consumers\u2019 right to know if their food has been genetically engineered, and to support the <a href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/news\/international-monsanto-tribunal-frequently-asked-questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monsanto Tribunal<\/a>, a citizens\u2019 tribunal which will be held October 15-16 in The Hague, Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite hundreds of thousands of signatures, phone calls and emails to the White House, President Obama on Friday, July 29, signed into law S.764, a bill that preempts Vermont\u2019s GMO labeling law, said Ronnie Cummins, international director of OCA. \u201cThe bill allows corporations to hide information about GMOs behind confusing QR barcodes that more than a third of Americans can\u2019t even read because they don\u2019t have smart phones or reliable internet service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill was paid for and written by corporations who clearly have something to hide. It\u2019s incomprehensible that Obama, who on the campaign trail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zqaaB6NE1TI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promised to label<\/a> GMOs, and who issued an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fed-soc.org\/publications\/detail\/executive-order-on-preemption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order<\/a>&nbsp;directing Congress not to preempt state laws, succumbed to industry pressure to betrayed the 90 percent of Americans who want GMOs labeled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is clear that our political system is too beholden to corporate money to place the rights of consumers above special interests. Passage of this bill leaves consumers with no other recourse but to boycott any brand or product that is not labeled either USDA organic, 100-percent grass-fed or non-GMO. Consumers who want to boycott those brands that have fought to keep labels off of their products, or any brands that refuse to label, can join the nearly half a million consumers who have already downloaded our <a href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/campaigns\/millions-against-monsanto\/how-install-and-use-buycott-cellphone-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boycott app<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge consumers to find out how their members of Congress voted, whether or not their lawmakers are up for re-election, and to vigorously campaign to defeat them. We also invite consumers to support the International Monsanto Tribunal, a citizens\u2019 tribunal being organized to hold Monsanto accountable for its role in denying this basic right to American consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an online and grassroots non-profit 501(c)3 public interest organization advocating on behalf of more than one million consumers for health, justice, and sustainability. 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