Pennsylvania Legislature Passes Pro-GMO Bill

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Pennsylvania Legislature Passes Pro-GMO Bill

 

House Bill 2387 updates and further defines the certification, sale and

distribution of plant seed in Pennsylvania. The bill is designed to ensure seed

packages contain exactly what is on the label, the seed contained is reasonably

free of weeds and inert matter, and the seed will germinate at the germination

rate listed on the label. The bill also contains an amendment advocated by

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau that will pre-empt ordinances by local governments from

banning the use of genetically modified food seeds.

 

The wording of the bill follows: Statewide jurisdiction and preemption - This

chapter and its provisions are of Statewide concern and occupy the whole field

of regulation regarding the registration, labeling, sale, storage,

transportation, distribution, notification of use, and use of seeds to the

exclusion of all local regulations. Except as otherwise specifically provided in

this act, no ordinance or regulation of any political subdivision or home rule

municipality may prohibit or in any way attempt to regulate any matter relating

to the registration, labeling, sale, storage, transportation, distribution,

notification of use or use of seeds, if any of these ordinances, laws or

regulations are in conflict with this chapter.

 

 

 

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