The issue focused on Monsanto as the sole player in the industry, and how some corporations had and may continue to use genetically modified organisms (GMOs) without the necessary environmental controls to protect public health and the environment. The rule gives them three years to do so, and requires corporations to fully disclose the use of GMOs in food and agriculture — though the country is headed for an extraordinary ruling.


Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and other influential Republicans have said it will be a historic ruling