date:Jan 20, 2014
voted down in Washington state. Just like California a year earlier, Washington state voters, by only a very slim margin, rejected a ballot initiative that called for labeling food and beverages containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Like Californias Proposition 37, Washingtons Initiative 522 started out with a massive lead in the polls that melted away during a heated campaign that saw GMO labeling proponents heavily outspent by major players in the food manufacturing industry.