From:
Defenders of Wildlife 
Rural Updates!
June 6, 2005 

ALASKA ANTI-GMO BILL PASSES UNANIMOUSLY

Just weeks ago Alaska became the first state in the nation to 
require the labeling of GMO foods.  Senate Bill 25, also known as 
the "Frankenfish" bill, sailed unanimously through Alaska's House 
and Senate and will require labeling for all genetically engineered 
fish or fish products.  The bills sponsor, Senator Gary Stevens, R-
Kodiak, said, "The message that Alaska seafood is more natural 
than seafood that has been engineered in a lab is a highly important 
marketing tool. This bill helps highlight Alaska seafood as distinct 
from genetically modified seafood, doing away with any vagueness 
that may exist to the consumer when purchasing seafood without 
labeling, and reinforcing the natural message."  According to Hal 
Spence writing for the on-line Global Healing Center, Alaska's bill 
was prompted by the fact that the, "U.S.  Food and Drug 
Administration is considering an application by an aquaculture 
company to sell a genetically modified, growth-enhanced salmon."

Read more: 
http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press_release5.12.2005.cfm

Read the text of the bill: 
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0025A
&session=24

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