The FDA — which, as part of Department of Health and Human Services, answers to the White House — already has the authority to require food manufacturers to label GE (or GMO) foods.

The executive branch’s stance toward GMO labeling so far is “indifference or even overt opposition.”

Over a million Americans signed “Just Label It’s” petition to the FDA to get them to do so, prompting the FDA to address the issue directly on its website on April 8. Read More