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Coalition for Safe Affordable Food

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The Coalition for Safe Affordable Food (CFSAF) is an industry group set up by the Biotechnology Industry Organization, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, and CropLife America (the trade association for agrochemical producers). It lobbies against individual states having GMO foods labelling laws and instead supports a federal law (the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015) that would create national standards for GMO labelling.[1][2][3] Friends of the Earth and the nutritionist Andy Bellatti have described them as a front group.[1][2]

CFSAF has lobbied the U.S. Congress regarding labeling of GMOs.[4][5][6]

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  1. ^ a b "New report: Spinning food" (PDF). foe.org. Friends of the Earth. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b Bellatti, Andy (February 19, 2014). "Front Groups: Big Food's Behind-the-Scenes Strategy". Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ^ Lydia Wheeler (2015-07-13). "House panel to markup GMO labeling bill". The Hill.
  4. ^ "CFSAF MEMBERS EXPRESS URGENT NEED FOR UNIFORM, NATIONAL LABELING STANDARD DURING FLY-IN". CFSAF (Press Release). October 7, 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  5. ^ McAvoy, Kaitlyn (October 13, 2015). "The Growing Support and Debate Around GMO Labeling in the U.S." Spend Matters. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Senate committee discusses national labeling standard". Iowa Farmer Today. October 31, 2015. Archived from the original on 4 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
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