Bipartisan Group Introduce Bills to Ban GE Salmon and Require Product Labeling
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [2015 Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc.] from the office of Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) - January 22, 2015
Washington, D.C. - In their continued fight against genetically engineered (GE) fish, U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Don Young (R-AK), Walter B. Jones (R-NC), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Jared Huffman (D-CA) introduced two pieces of legislation intended to prevent GE fish from making its way onto the nation's dinner plates and spreading into the nation's oceans.
The first bill, H.R. 394, the Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States (PEGASUS) Act, would effectively ban all GE fish in the United States by prohibiting the shipment, sale, transportation, purchase, procession,...
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