New Hampshire-based Stonyfield Farm is one of two organic dairy producers that have withdrawn from a trade group seeking to overturn Vermont's GMO labeling law. The other is California's Clover Stornetta Farms.
The companies say they are "under fire" from consumers who support the policy, according to a letter sent to the head of the International Dairy Foods Association.
Vermont's GMO law would require labeling of certain food products containing genetically engineered ingredients starting in 2016. The IDFA is one of four trade groups that have filed suit against Vermont. The lead plaintiff is the Grocery Manufacturers Association.
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