MI HR0089

Urges Congress to pass legislation establishing a national, uniform, and scientifically-based labeling program for genetically modified foods (GMOs)

Notes that 70-80 percent of foods Americans eat contain GMOs, which help increase crop yields and support Michigan's agriculture industry

Identifies the lack of federal GMO labeling standards as creating a patchwork of state and local regulations that increases food production costs and could raise consumer grocery prices by an average of $500 per year

References the bipartisan Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act (H.R. 1599) as a model solution, proposing a USDA-administered certification program similar to the USDA organic labeling program

Directs transmission of the resolution to the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Michigan's congressional delegation