Do you think that in the US all food should be clearly labeled?
I think that we have the right to know if, our food is Genetically Alerted(GM), Conventionally made or organic.
Monsanto and their Lobbyist have persuaded most of Congress to vote against labeling food. This means companies can label if ,they choose too but GM foods don’t have to be labeled.
Do you find this disturbing? I do.
Why should we buy any product without knowing it’s benefits or possible side effects.
GM food has not been tested long enough for anyone to know all the side effects. I do not wish to be Monsanto’s Lab Rat. Do you?
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It’s getting to point of ridiculous. I bought something last week that had a little tiny booklet attached to it with several tiny pages of labeling.
@YARN LADY
In most cases it can be very simple. They can label Mango or anything GM,organic or conventionally produced. The more simply labeled the better.
Yes, I think food should be neatly, clearly, and concisely labeled. I want to know if I’m paying for pesticides or other chemicals, altered substances, or if I’m actually paying for real food.
You are deluded if you think it is that simple. We already have labels that are near booklets that tell us what’s in the food and when it was made and when it expires and the nutritional content and all kinds of other things, as well. I guess we can add the information that the product contains GM ingredients. Wow. Some food has dozens of ingredients. Imagine the proliferation of GM thises and thatses all over the place! Or would you have us put GM on it if it is more than a certain percent gm? If so, what percent?
And what about foods that are genetically modified the old-fashioned way—by breeding? Is that exempt from labels? If so, why? If you cross a tomato with a fish, don’t I want to know that? Don’t tell me it’s not possible. If it can be done in the lab, then I’m sure, given enough time, it could be done naturally. What is natural, anyway?
I’m sorry. This is a hysterical idea. It is not based on principle. Come to me with a principled request for labeling, and I would support that. But I don’t know what we’re doing here.
I would err on the side of more information. And accurate information. What I would also like to see is a determination of a food as to whether it is Vegetarian or Vegan. There are a number of “hidden” ingredients on lots of labels, especially those pesky and other natural flavors. Often the natural flavors are chicken broth or beef concentrate or carmine (red beetles) or caesin (a dairy by-product) but they are not always labeled as such. Other ingredients such as stearic acid may or may not be derived from animal sources. I’d like to know for sure.
I read labels like a fiend, so the more the merrier (as long as it’s accurate).
I’m definitely in favor of clear, understandable, and accurate labeling. I don’t want to be part of the experiment with GM foods, but I realize that the GM corn is already in a lot of stuff, so I’m probably already enrolled. As to labeling in general, I would like to see it include things used in processing; for example, a person with celiac disease might read the label on a bag of frozen pearl onions and think they are safe. However, they can be coated with wheat starch to keep them from sticking together, and because it’s considered processing instead of an ingredient, it doesn’t appear on the label.
MONSANTO has “former” upper-management employees who are now working for the FDA & they consistently contribute to the re-election campaigns for the members of Congress who vote the way that Monsanto wants them to vote. So it is no surprise that Monsanto has been able to withstand the calls for their genetically modified food products to be labeled. I think that any food that has any part of it that has been genetically modified SHOULD be labeled. We have the right to know what we are paying for & what we are eating & what we are feeding to our families.
And not only in the US. In NZ there has been debate for some time about point of origin labelling so we know where our food has come from, especially fruit, vegetables and meat. I know of at least one supermarket chain that clearly show where fresh produce has been grown.
Doesn’t everything include the word cheese?
@wundayatta
They want the labels to be difficult to read. It should be simplified. It should read GM, conventionally made or organic. Books should list all chemicals. The chemicals that do harm should be listed on the label. In large script. Things like trans fats, Parben, BPA and more.
I want the chemicals and unnatural substances out of my food.
People can choose to eat what they want.
In Canada BPA is illegal. In the US brown rice and TV Dinners are packaged in BPA.
I worry about the fruit and vegetables I buy.
It is our right to know and choose.
@Linda_Owl
I know and now I feel sick. Food Democracy emails me.
We have other problems with labeling…wtf is “natural flavors”?
I think that food should be clearly labeled, there’s nothing worse than opening a tin of what you thought was tomato soup, only to find that it’s mulligatawny….
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