Pet food shoppers increasingly say they look for non-GMO claims on labels and are even willing to pay more for pet foods with such claims. What if pet foods were required to declare inclusion of GMO ingredients on their labels; would that cause some pet owners to steer clear of such products? We may soon find out, at least in the US.
The House bill calls for voluntary labeling.) But if the Senate bill does become law, it likely would also affect pet food. The new Senate bill is also receiving support from food and biotech organizations, such as the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), because it would override state laws such as the one that went into effect in Vermont on July 1. AFIA, GMA and other groups have complained that if GMO-labeling laws continue to happen state by state, it will create a patchwork of standards and requirements that would be very costly to comply with—and costs would ultimately be passed onto consumers.