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title: "Testimony Before the Vermont Agricultural & Forest Products Advisory Board on GMO Labels"
summary: |-
  Vermont's H112 should not be enacted because it is based on a misunderstanding about biotech crops.
date: "2013-02-15"
issues: ["Agricultural Biotech"]
authors: ["L. Val Giddings"]
content_type: "Testimonies & Filings"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2013/02/15/testimony-vermont-agricultural-forest-products-advisory-board-h112/"
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# Testimony Before the Vermont Agricultural & Forest Products Advisory Board on GMO Labels

Vermont's H112, which would require process specific labels in Vermont for some foods containing ingredients derived from crops improved through certain techniques of modern biotechnology, is based on a number of misunderstandings and factual errors. Experience has shown that proposals like this, when enacted, have a history of delivering results opposite of those supporters claim to seek.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2013/02/15/testimony-vermont-agricultural-forest-products-advisory-board-h112/*