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Dumb idea, so it is now the consumer’s job to find out was crap we are being sold? Just label it already or don’t use it, it’s really that simple . . . . . .
If you take a peek at what the American people put in their grocery carts at the supermarkets - you know they don’t care what they put in their bodies and call it food. Exception: About 20% of the country know what is real food and what is food like substances spewed out by processing food corporations. I don’t know if GMO is safe or not since no independent research has been done - but I don’t want to eat GMO foods so I want all GMO foods labeled. Republicans are being bribed to use Americans as guinea pigs .
Agreed that the basic information should be on the package, including the now standard nutrition facts and allergen warnings. GMO/non-GMO should be added, it is not a particular burden. Heck, we have companies scrambling to put organic on labels not because they have to but because it helps sell the product.
That being said, the idea of an manufacturer-independent standard for a barcode that could be added to labels, backed by a web-based database so you can get more extensive information if you want it and have the technology, is a really good one. Just don’t make the basic stuff dependent on that standard.
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What SHOULD end the debate about GMOs is the actual science. We (people) are very easily scared by things we do not understand. Even the famous Bill Nye the Science Guy thought genetically modifying food was a weird and possible dangerous thing to do. And many anti-GMO sites will link to Bill Nye’s old video where he says just that. But Bill, like many who have actually dug into the science, will now tell you he was wrong in his thinking about GMOs.