MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – At Mehuron’s Supermarket in Waitsfield, Vermont, manager Bruce Hyde Jr. said he and his team support and are ready for the state’s new law requiring genetically modified foods to be labeled as such. But uncertainties abound.
Mehuron’s and other markets around the state have signs ready for bins containing bulk items notifying consumers whether they contain, may contain or do not contain genetically modified ingredients. Vermont’s law takes effect Friday.
One source of uncertainty, Hyde said, was that stores like his have to rely on national food companies to apply labels to products with genetically modified ingredients.
But Congress could act next week on a less stringent federal bill that would pre-empt Vermont’s.
“It could all be changed a month from now,” Hyde said.