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The fight is over bipartisan legislation that would give food companies three paths for complying with rules for GMO labeling on food products. The bill would let companies pick one of the following options:
- Use a government-sanctioned US Department of Agriculture (USDA) symbol on packaging.
- Print a label using plain language.
- Print a QR code on food packaging that shoppers can scan.
The food industry. . . has been gunning for the QR code option for months. But critics. . .ย claim it would be confusing for consumers, whoย for a variety of reasonsย havenโt gotten into the habit of regularly scanning QR codes.
Enter Vermontโs senior senator, who . . .ย dispatched this pithy tweet . . .ย shortly before the Senate went into session:
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I downloaded a QR code reader to see if the QR code in the tweet was real. It is, and it links to a statement posted on Sanders website, in which he laid out his reasons for opposing the bill. . . .ย take a look at Sandersโ statement here.
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