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Representatives of the food industry continue to express their displeasure with the Vermont law that requires the mandatory labeling of genetically modified food and are not going down without a fight, despite the April court ruling that denied a preliminary injunction to block the law from going into effect.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its final rule on menu labeling, requiring food establishments with 20 or more locations to provide consumers with calorie and other nutrition information for standard menu items.

 The COOL law would require a label to be placed on meat packages detailing where an animal was born, raised and slaughtered. 

 The San Francisco Board of supervisors voted last week on a trio of measures. 

Two of America’s most iconic and populated cities are on the verge of passing new measures in the interest of public health.

The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to pass a bill repealing the mandatory country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork and chicken.