As the U.S. House works this week on the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act, a coalition has pledged their support for the bill.
The Coalition for Safe and Affordable Food, an industry group that supports the bill, said 475 groups are backing it, according to the Hagstrom Report.
The Coalition released a letter calling on House members to vote for the bill.
The groups maintained that the No-GMO labeling program in the bill will create a uniform; transparent labeling standard for foods made with GMOs and protect consumer choice and science-based labeling.
Groups like the National Farmers Union and the Organic Trade Association oppose the bill.
NFU president Roger Johnson said in a news release of the bill that “absent a mandatory labeling framework…NFU cannot support this bill.”
