ot: Injurious food policy: numbers of GMO labeling supporters revised by FDA - petitions

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Enemicitous behavior by FDA:

" The agency says that if 35,000 people, for instance, sign their name to

the same form letter it only counts as one person or " comment. " And if

tens of thousands sign a petition, they are only counted as one

" comment, " too. "

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FDA finally responds to GMO-labeling campaign but differs on numbers

of supporters

By Eng

9:43 AM CDT, March 28, 2012

Tuesday marked the deadline for the Food and Drug Administration to

respond to the " Just Label It " petition,

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the agency to label genetically modified foods for American consumers.

The anti-climactic response was essentially: We've made no decision and

require more time.

This is not an uncommon response and organizers say they are hopeful for

something more substantive soon. But a more immediate source of friction

involves the way the agency counts petitioners versus the way Just Label

It does.

Organizers say the campaign garnered more than a million supporters, far

more than any other petition brought to the FDA in history. But the FDA

disagrees. By its count the number is: 394.

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