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Originally posted by Azred:
If you don't want to eat food made with genetically modified organisms, then don't buy them. If you don't want to eat meat from animals fed with growth hormones, then don't eat it.
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Therein lies the problem -- NO LABELS. If you don't like mentos in Europe, you can simply choose not to buy Mentos. But, when you walk up to the corn bin, it just says "corn" without telling you who made it or if it contains GMOs. GM food makers know this and exploit it.
If Monsanto corn had to be labeled "Monsanto" do you think they'd be fighting for a place in the market? No -- they know EU consumers won't knowingly buy their product. But, if they can get the labeling laws the way they want them, they can flood the market with their products, which will be unlabeled, and will be purchased unawares.
As for the growth hormones, there is actually an anti-labeling law in the US. Pick up a tub of Ben & Jerry's and you will find that if you want to put a "no rBGH" statement on your label, you also have to say "the FDA has determined there is no difference yadda yadda." Do you think the FDA dreamed that up on its own, or do you think Monsanto and ADM helped? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]
So, if we could get the right labeling law to allow us real choice, it would be fine to open up all markets to GM foods. But the makers of Frankenfoods know that they have to dupe us with anti-labeling measures in order to hock their wares.