A U.S. Senate vote has set the stage for debate and possible action next week on a compromise biotech labeling bill. The Senate voted 68-29 to move ahead with debate and a crucial procedural vote next week on the bipartisan GMO labeling bill needed to preempt a patchwork of conflicting state laws with a national label of some kind. American Farm Bureau executive director Dale Moore says the bill is on a path forward…

The Senate action next week will be a second “key vote” on whether to formally consider the bill…

But the Senate will have acted late—the Vermont law has just taken effect. The House passed a preemption bill last year and will have to consider the Senate bill if it passes.
Still, Farm Bureau’s Moore is heartened by the initial 68-29 Senate vote, which exceeds the super majority needed next week…

Farm Bureau recently endorsed the biotech labeling deal, despite its mandatory labeling requirement, as key to halting state laws that stigmatize biotech foods and interfere with interstate commerce.