California Online Voter Guide
November 2012 General Election
22nd edition
Proposition 37 - Genetically engineered foods. Labeling.
Initiative Statute
- Official Summary
- Official Voter Guide page
- Campaign Web Sites and Contact Information
- Who Signed the Ballot Arguments
- Media Coverage
- Follow the Money/Top Donors
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Requires labeling of food sold to consumers made from plants or animals with genetic material changed in specified ways. Prohibits marketing such food, or other processed food, as “natural.” Provides exemptions.
Fiscal Impact:
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Increased annual state costs from a few hundred thousand dollars to over $1 million to regulate the labeling of genetically engineered foods. Additional, but likely not significant, governmental costs to address violations under the measure.
A YES vote on this measure means: Genetically engineered foods sold in California would have to be specifically labeled as being genetically engineered.
A NO vote on this measure means: Genetically engineered foods sold in California would continue not to have specific labeling requirements.
This page features the Legislative Analyst's analysis, pro-con arguments and the full proposition text.
Campaign Web Sites and Contact Information
- Yes on Proposition 37
Gary Ruskin
California Right to Know
5940 College Avenue
Oakland, CA 94618
(213) 784-5656
GaryR@CARightToKnow.org
www.CARightToKnow.org - No on Proposition 37
NO Prop. 37, Stop the Deceptive Food Labeling Scheme
(800) 331-0850
info@NoProp37.com
www.NoProp37.com
Who Signed the Ballot Arguments
- Yes on Proposition 37
Dr. Michelle Perro, Pediatrician
Rebecca Spector, West Coast Director, Center for Food Safety
Grant Lundberg, Chief Executive Officer, Lundberg Family Farms
Jamie Court, President, Consumer Watchdog
Jim Cochran, General Manager, Swanton Berry Farm
Dr. Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Senior Scientist, Pesticide Action Network - No on Proposition 37
Dr. Bob Goldberg, Member, National Academy of Sciences
Jamie Johansson, California Family Farmer
Betty Jo Toccoli, President, California Small Business Association
Jonnalee Henderson, California Farm Bureau Federation
Dr. Henry I. Miller, Founding Director, Office of Biotechnology of the Food & Drug Administration
Tom Hudson, Executive Director, California Taxpayer Protection Committee
Media Coverage
News articles and editorials are available from Maplight. excerpts from and links to news coverage of the propositions on the ballot.
A list of top donors for and against this measure is avaialble from Maplight. A list of all donations of $10,000 or more is available from the Fair Political Practices Commission. Comprehensive disclosure data is avaialbe from the Secretary of State.
This page was first published on October 1, 2012 |
Last updated on
November 29, 2012
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