Vermont Soap Takes the Pledge

GMO Document Signing COLOR 72 DPIVermont Soap CEO Larry Plesent signs a Voluntary Sworn Statement that Vermont Soap’s products are not made or co-mingled with genetically modified materials. Sue Hoxie (President, Addison County Chamber of Commerce) and Vermont Soap Legal Counsel Michael Polletta look on.

Vermont Soap made history today as the first soap and cosmetic company to pledge support of Act 121, Vermont’s landmark GMO labeling law. Non-food companies are not currently required to label GMO content but Vermont Soap wanted to show their support for honesty in GMO labeling by signing the Vermont State Affidavit voluntarily.

GMO labeling is in the news again as a much weakened version of the Vermont bill winds its way through Congress. If passed it would co-opt the tougher Vermont State law which only pertains to food products sold in the State of Vermont.

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