Video: #HR4432 Time Code List - Seeking individuals to add highlights and links in comments on the YouTube page Watch HR 4432 Hearing (2 hrs. 52+ mins) https://youtube/watch?v=mlfpViqjJTE Time Code List (highlights) 5:07 Opening Statement - Mr. Pitts (R-PA) There have recently been a number of state initiatives calling for the mandatory labeling of food products that contain #GMOs. We will hear today from a number of witnesses who can speak to such actions and the impact they would have. 5:21 Food labeling is a matter of interstate commerce and is therefore clearly a federal issue that rightfully resides with Congress and the #FDA. 2002: FDA Letter Opposing Oregon Measure 27 https://bio.org/advocacy/letters/fda-letter-opposing-oregon-measure-27-0 2014: In 2002, Oregon Voters Were Hoodwinked By Big Bucks And The FDA blog.seattlepi/videoblogging/2014/07/28/big-bucks-and-the-fda/ 6:30 Opening statement - Mr. Pallone (NJ) 9:18 Statement Mr. Butterfeld (NC) GMO Labeling cost to consumers $500/year COSTS OF LABELING GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD PRODUCTS IN N.Y. STATE dyson.cornell.edu/people/profiles/docs/LabelingNY.pdf * The work on this report was supported financially by the Council for Biotechnology Information 12:30 Opening Statement - Ms. Blackburn (R-TN) Golden Rice. “Golden rice was scrapped because it didn’t work,” Rachel Parent, 14, said. “In order for the average 11-year-old boy to get enough vitamin A from rice, he’d have to eat 27 bowls of rice. Another thing is, the reason there’s blindness, isn’t because there’s a lack of vitamin A in the rice, it’s because their diets are simply rice.” medicaldaily/14-year-old-food-activist-rachel-parent-sports-her-knowledge-gmos-heated-tv-debate-video-251487 Greenpeace and Golden Rice greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/agriculture/problem/genetic-engineering/Greenpeace-and-Golden-Rice/ 15:52 Opening Statement - Mr. Pompeo (R-KS) This bill is needed by folks all around America so they can afford food... 17:52 Opening Statement - Mr Waxman (D-CA) The FLAVR SAVR tomato, actions based on science, label must contain science based information, what does science tell us about GE foods, NOTE: This list will be updated.
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