On March 16, 2016 the Senate defeated a bill from Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) that can best be described as the Denying Americans the Right to Know (DARK) Act. Passing of the bill would have been a NEGATIVE. It would have allowed companies to Voluntarily label GMO products – the key word here is VOLUNTARILY! No company associated with GMO foods or Monsanto would have ever voluntarily labeled anything. It would have kept consumers in the DARK as to whether or not the food they were buying contained GMO’s.The bill would have prevented individual states from requiring labeling of genetically engineered (GMO) foods. It would have ensured that big food processing companies and the biotechnology industry continue to profit by misleading consumers.