Anti-GMO advocates win battle, likely will lose war

A House committee clears a bill to require GMO food labels, but the Senate isn't very receptive

By Sarah Zoellick / szoellick@staradvertiser.com

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 04, 2013

~~<p>Juanita Brown Kawamoto has been advocating for state regulation of genetically modified food for years, and she said supporters got their first big break last week when the House Finance Committee passed a bill that would require imported genetically modified produce to carry labels.</p>
<p>"We've been waiting for years for the House to actually allow this to move forward," said Brown Kawamoto, vice chairwoman of the Food and Farm Sustainability Committee of the Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii. "This is something that's been long-awaited, and we got something really key to happen. To me it's momentous."</p>
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Juanita Brown Kawamoto has been advocating for state regulation of genetically modified food for years, and she said supporters got their first big break last week when the House Finance Committee passed a bill that would require imported genetically modified produce to carry labels.

"We've been waiting for years for the House to actually allow this to move forward," said Brown Kawamoto, vice chairwoman of the Food and Farm Sustainability Committee of the Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii. "This is something that's been long-awaited, and we got something really key to happen. To me it's momentous." Login for more...