date:Apr 10, 2014
eed to market and receive no objection from the FDA.
Currently, companies typically voluntarily notify the FDA and consult with the agency, but it is not mandatory for them to do so, and the FDA does not conduct independent safety testing of GMOs.
Another provision of the Pompeo measure requires the FDA to promulgate regulations that specify a maximum permissible level of inadvertent GMO presence that is allowed in foods bearing non-GMO labeling.
Backers of mandatory labeling of foods made wi