gmo food and i-522 labeling
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Genetically Engineered Food and I-522 Labeling
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GMOs (genetically modified organisms) are created through biotechnology, also called genetic engineering.
What are GMOs?
DNA is altered artificially in a lab with genes from other plants, animals, viruses or bacteria to produce foreign compounds.
GMOs cannot occur in nature.
Right to know what we buy and eat
Transparency
More informationto help choose and decide
Grocery foods that would be labeled
• GE salmon
• GE sweet corn
• GE papaya
• Baby formula, cereal, corn chips and tortillas, soy milk, canola oil, candy, soda pop
An I-522 label:
“Partially produced withgenetic engineering.”
GE salmon
• FDA: a “new animal drug”
• No data: growth hormones or IGF-1 hormone
• Increased allergic potential
• Less omega-3 “good fat”
• Industry determines whether products are safe
• No long-term health studies conducted
• Do not require FDA approval
• “Substantially equivalent” means no testing for toxins, mutagens, carcinogens,
immune system damage, new allergens • American Medical Association: “should
require safety assessments”
Current regulatory loopholes
• GE foods are different • Safety assessments required
Global consensus
• Washington wheat $1.14 billion
• Washington apples $824 million
• Washington wild salmon $123 million
Mixed supply chain is costly• ~ $12 Billion lost - lower crop prices - lost exports- subsidies - product recalls
• Starlink Corn cost $1 B
• Liberty Link Rice cost $1 B
Companies re-label often … … without raising food prices
No changes in food costs from labeling in Europe.- Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection,
European Parliament
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TransparencyYou choose. You decide.
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