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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (191842)	6/17/2012 2:41:02 PM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543695

Bread, re: "I predict that GMO producers will challenge the law on a constitutional basis inasmuch as it interferes with interstate commerce. Regulation of GMO products from a health and safety point of view I do believe falls under the purview of Federal Authority. I don't believe the State is entitled to adopt higher standards than the federal government in this area." There is virtually no chance that you're right on this prediction. No court is going to find that requiring a food producer to accurately label its product is an interference with interstate commerce, and the doctrine of federal preemption applies only when the feds have enacted comprehensive legislation. That's not the case with the labeling of GMO products. Also, if it passes it would be a public relations nightmare for a producer to challenge this in court. Ed