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  1. September 01, 2016

    Vt., Grocery Industry Agree To Drop GMO Labeling Suit

    The Grocery Manufacturers Association and the state of Vermont have agreed to end their battle over a controversial state law requiring the labeling of genetically modified food, in light of a similar nationwide law enacted in late July that preempts any state action, according to a federal court filing Wednesday.

  2. February 25, 2016

    Food Cos., Vt. Want GMO Law Trial To Wait For 2nd Circ. Input

    The Grocery Manufacturers Association and the state of Vermont, whom the food companies are suing over a controversial state law requiring the labeling of genetically modified food, have asked a Vermont federal court to delay their trial date until after the Second Circuit has ruled on an appeal in the case. 

  3. February 17, 2016

    Food Cos. Say Vt. Can't Stretch Discovery Limit In GMO Fight

    The Grocery Manufacturers Association argued Tuesday that the state of Vermont, whose law requiring the labeling of genetically modified organisms it is challenging, should not be allowed to extend the November deadline for fact discovery just to accommodate responses it is still awaiting to subpoenas it had issued before the deadline.

  4. July 23, 2015

    Vt. AG Says Food Industry Groups Want 'Lopsided' Discovery

    Vermont's attorney general told a federal court Wednesday that food industry groups including the Grocery Manufacturers Association, which are targeting its genetically modified food labeling law, are asking the court to allow only "lopsided" discovery by arguing against the state's discovery request on the groups' First Amendment claims.

  5. May 08, 2015

    Amid FDA Silence, Vt. Law A Vanguard In Defining 'Natural'

    Vermont's controversial law on genetically modified organism food labeling recently survived some challenges by the food industry, but the remaining dispute about whether the state can define "natural" to exclude GMO foods — when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declined to define it — could influence other states and courts to pin down the amorphous term, attorneys say.

  6. May 06, 2015

    Food Industry Groups Appeal Vt. GMO Law To 2nd Circ.

    Food industry groups including the Grocery Manufacturers' Association on Wednesday indicated plans to appeal to the Second Circuit a lower court's refusal to halt a controversial measure by Vermont to require labeling of genetically modified foods.

  7. April 27, 2015

    Vt. Judge Won't Halt State's First-In-The-Nation GMO Law

    A Vermont federal judge on Monday refused to halt the state's first-in-the-nation genetically modified food labeling law before it goes into effect July 1, although she also refused to toss some claims in the food industry's challenge to the rule.

  8. October 08, 2014

    Advocates Can't Join Suit Over Vermont GMO Label Law

    Two consumer interest groups that helped Vermont pass its genetically modified food labeling law on Tuesday were denied the chance to defend the law in court, after a federal judge ruled state authorities should be able to adequately defend the statute in a pending challenge by the food industry.

  9. September 12, 2014

    Food Groups Seek Injunction Over Vermont GMO Label Law

    The Grocery Manufacturers Association and other food industry groups on Thursday urged a federal judge to halt Vermont's genetically-modified-organism food labeling law, describing it as a costly and unnecessary measure that would trample food groups' constitutional rights.

  10. August 11, 2014

    Vermont Moves To Sink Lawsuit Challenging GMO Label Law

    The Vermont Attorney General's Office has moved to dismiss a lawsuit backed by the food industry challenging the state's genetically modified food labeling law, saying Monday that the law is constitutional and "a valid exercise of the state's regulatory power."

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