The Republican Governor of California may have stood by W’s side during election campaigns, but when it comes to greenhouse gases, Arnie & Georgie are not on the same page. An article in the NY Times today discusses Bill AB32 that Arnold helped put together, which was passed by California’s Senate yesterday.

Big food corporations don’t want you to know what is actually happening to your food before it makes its way into your shopping basket. They are succeeding in getting the laws changed in their favor.

The House of Representatives passed The National Uniformity for Food Act, H.R. 4167 back in March of this year. In short, States will no longer have the power to require food safety labels that are not identical to Federal Law. To find out more about what this means, check out what the Organic Consumers have to say.

I think the problem stems from the fact that powerful interests groups such as the Grocery Manufacturers of America wield too much influence on the federal government. If Federal Law were to require labels informing me which foods were genetically enginnered or contained rBGH, then I would have no issue with uniformity in labeling across the country.

The Senate will be voting on this shortly and this would be a good time to let them know your thoughts on the issue. It will be interesting to see how this moves forward. It seems to me that the federal government could argue its right to dictate food labeling under section 8 of the Constitution, assigning congress the power to regulate interstate commerce. By that same token, the constitution guarantees the rest of us the right not to be force fed rBGH or it should be interpreted that way.