date:Jul 30, 2014
of first-quarter spending on lobbying comes as GMO crop companies are increasing their own anti-labeling efforts.
The lobbying spending increase was partly designed to muster congressional support for a federal bill that was introduced in April and aims to nullify state efforts to require GMO labeling, Libby Foley, an EWG policy analyst, said in the report.
Michael Gruber, vice president of federal affairs for the GMA, which represents food and beverage makers, said the industry's first-quart