GMOs
Frankenfood
What is the situation with labeling Genetically Engineered food? Is a label necessary if a product is of this type?. GE food and GMO’s have been around at stores for some time now and this products do not have a label that says it is so a GE food or Genetically Modified Organism, activists have been trying to create a law that labels Frankenfood so that customers know what they are eating has not been created at any laboratories.
The viewpoint of the writer is of how labeling foods that are genetically engineered affects the industry and the customer, seeks to inform about the situation of frankenfood and their labeling, how activists make campaigns to make mandatory the labeling of GE food, one of their initiatives is: Without labeling, Families are being kept in the dark.
The final conclusion of the argument is that genetically engineered food is not any different than normal food, it tasted the same, looks the same, smells the same and you have the benefits of healthy enhancements to combat problems of starvation around the world, the industry also benefits from a faster manufacturing process and overall enhancements, but it should be labeled because people have the right to know what they are eating, 90% of the American public that responded to a poll want the federal government to require mandatory labeling of GE foods.
“The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act requires the FDA to prevent consumer deception by clarifying that a food label is misleading if it omits significant, material information. In 1992 however, the FDA issued a policy statement that defined material by the ability to be sensed by taste, smell or other senses”. (Civil Eats, 2011).
Genetically engineered food are substantially equivalent to conventionally produced foods, they have the same taste, smell and appearance, it is the same for our senses, just that GE food is enhanced for the benefit of the customer. Because there is no material difference between frankenfood
What is the situation with labeling Genetically Engineered food? Is a label necessary if a product is of this type?. GE food and GMO’s have been around at stores for some time now and this products do not have a label that says it is so a GE food or Genetically Modified Organism, activists have been trying to create a law that labels Frankenfood so that customers know what they are eating has not been created at any laboratories.
The viewpoint of the writer is of how labeling foods that are genetically engineered affects the industry and the customer, seeks to inform about the situation of frankenfood and their labeling, how activists make campaigns to make mandatory the labeling of GE food, one of their initiatives is: Without labeling, Families are being kept in the dark.
The final conclusion of the argument is that genetically engineered food is not any different than normal food, it tasted the same, looks the same, smells the same and you have the benefits of healthy enhancements to combat problems of starvation around the world, the industry also benefits from a faster manufacturing process and overall enhancements, but it should be labeled because people have the right to know what they are eating, 90% of the American public that responded to a poll want the federal government to require mandatory labeling of GE foods.
“The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act requires the FDA to prevent consumer deception by clarifying that a food label is misleading if it omits significant, material information. In 1992 however, the FDA issued a policy statement that defined material by the ability to be sensed by taste, smell or other senses”. (Civil Eats, 2011).
Genetically engineered food are substantially equivalent to conventionally produced foods, they have the same taste, smell and appearance, it is the same for our senses, just that GE food is enhanced for the benefit of the customer. Because there is no material difference between frankenfood