A Mass Scale Biotech Agricultural Experiment

Phillips and David Corkindale in Marketing GM Foods: The Way Forward, “GMO foods have been around, globally, since the 1990s, and have been advertised to two main markets, the farmers/producers and the consumers”. GMO companies are challenged with the public’s perception about the benefits or negatives of GMO foods. The basic premise of GMO foods is misunderstood by the general public as a particular kind of food. Some consumers view these food as dangerous just because they are labeled with GMO. Many people have this thought but it is not true, GMO foods today have no higher health risk than the regular non-GMO foods. Consumers care about what goes into their food but if you care about nutrition look beyond the

Whether or not to require labeling of GM foods is a major issue in the persistent debate over the risks and benefits of foods crops that are produced using biotechnology. Bills requiring compulsory labeling have been introduced and proposed in different levels, but not evenly implemented. Some of the common genetically engineered crops include soya beans, canola, corn and cotton. The US Food and Drug Administration policy on the labeling of GM food requires labeling is the food has significantly distinct nutritional property (US FDA par 2). Further, labeling is required if the GM food product includes an allergen that consumers may not expect to find in such a product, or if the product contains a toxicant that is beyond acceptable limits (US FDA par 3).

The debate over genetically modified foods continues to haunt producers and consumers alike. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are foods that have been modified through bioengineering to possess certain characteristics. These plants have been modified in the laboratory to enhance traits such as increased resistance to herbicides or increased nutritional content (Whitman, 2000). The debate continues to grow as to whether these genetically altered foodstuffs are the answer to hunger in the coming years, or whether we are simply children playing with something that we do not have the capacity to understand. One of the biggest debates in the GMO issue is whether producers need to use labeling of

Writer, Michael specter who has been awarded the Global Health Council's annual Excellence award twice spend his time writing about developing issues such as agricultural biotechnology, before he served as the national science reporter. Specter claims that there is no need for GMO labels and it does not make “scientific sense”(Specter. Par. 6) to include them on food products. Specter main concern is just because food companies are adding GMO labels to the product does not give the consumer enough information about what the actual ingredients are. “They would tell you how your food is put together, but not what it contains. How could that help anyone make a sound decision about his health”(Specter. Par. 6)? The public is getting more curious

This article is about the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) labeling law that President Obama signed, the law allows companies to label their products in anyway they want to indicate the presence of GMO products. This article discusses the controversy between both sides of the GMO labeling debate, the pro labeling side desiring to know what they are consuming and the against labeling side expressing their fear that the label of GMO on a product would make consumers turn away unnecessarily. This law was a compromise to both sides as it requires a form of labeling that makes it possible for inquiring consumers to find what is in their food but also does not require companies to clearly state the presence of GMO.

Some consumers do not agree with GMOs. In fact, about seven out of ten people say they do not want consume GMOs. But there are others that just do not care. GMOs make up 80% of all packaged foods. (Doering, 2014). Tests have been done to mice to see the effects of genetically modified corn. The results were that the mice grew tumors. (Adams, 2012). Imagine what they could be doing in human bodies. Why do we use GMOs when tests have been done that show they are harmful? “Safety assessments are mandatory for GMOs in other major developing countries including China, Japan, and the countries of the European Union.” (Rock 2014). The bad things are GM products are creating problems every day. Scientists have proven they cause harmful effects. And people are trying to outlaw GM products. Hundreds of millions of people consume GMOs. (Adams 2012). Many products labeled “natural” still may contain them. (Rock 2014). What is good is that “more farmers are rejecting GMOs, and more consumers are demanding non-GMO foods.” (Cummins 2014). And money has been spent on ballot initiatives to force companies to have to put labels on products to inform the people what they are eating. (Doering

Genetically Modified Organisms are organisms in which the genetic material or DNA has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally. This is done in order to get traits such as longer shelf life and pesticide resistance. They were developed because the perceived advantage is meant to translate into a product with a lower price, greater benefit, such as the durability and the nutritional value, or both. GMOs have not been proven to be safe as of yet. The long-term consequences of them on our health and environment have not been adequately investigated. There is a contentious debate today whether or not GMO labelling should be mandatory. There are arguments both for and against mandatory labelling across the world. Consumers have the right to know what is in their food. They should also be able to identify foods they wish to steer clear of. Some may also want to steer clear of GM foods for ethical or religious reasons. Consumers may be against mandatory labelling because those who wish to buy foods without GMOs already have the option to purchase them; organic of GMO-free. There is also debate stating if there were a nutritional difference or allergic characteristic in the GM foods, it would have to be labelled no matter what.

There is a battle raging across the United States between consumers who purchase genetically modified foods and the companies that processes these foods through genetic modification. Consumers are demanding that all genetically modified foods are labeled so that they will have information about what ingredients are in these foods. The companies who sell genetically modified foods do not want to label them and are making claims that labeling these foods would raise food prices, hurt farmers, and cause genetically modified foods to gain the reputation of being harmful to humans. Consumers should ignore the claims by companies responsible for producing genetically modified foods and be unrelenting in their insistence that all genetically

Food companies are taking advantage of uninformed consumers by not identifying genetically modified food. Many consumers that oppose Genetically Modified Organism, (GMO) foods believe that companies are required by law to identify GMO products. Food producers are required by the Food and Drug Administration to include calorie information and ingredients

GMOs won’t harm anyone, hopefully, this is the common thought of many people, and they believe GMOs won’t affect anyone gravely because there is no physical evidence. But like most controversy scapegoats are necessary because most people do not like difficult investigations that call for heavy research or reading. Give the angry crowds the name and address they will react. Although the food supply has rules, regulations and safety procedures on how to treat the food, clean it and remove harmful food-borne illness; mishaps in the procedures can lead to food-borne illnesses that can not only damage our health, but can also be fatal. So why are consumers being misled by products and instinctively misguided? The very process of creating a GM plant can result in guaranteed damages; they will produce new toxins, allergens, carcinogens, and nutritional deficiencies. As a result, the toxins can now enter into foods and vegetables we eat. Food regulations influence consumers because of the health, the unknown that may come in the future, the environment, and most importantly the unexposed issues that are always censured.

Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMOs, are genetically modified plants, animals, or microorganisms whose genetic information has been modified by DNA-editing methods such as DNA splicing or gene modification. This modification creates unstable combinations of plant, animal, or bacterial genes that are not found in nature (GMO Facts). It is the right of the consumer to know exactly what they are consuming. However, in the United States, it is not required that food containing GMOs has to be labeled, despite the fact that in 2015, 93% of Americans believed that genetically modified food should be labeled (GMO Facts). Foods containing GMOs should indeed be labeled because the consumer deserves to know what is in their food.

The desire for GMO labeling stems from the fear of their effects. Many people do not have a complete understanding of the science behind GMOs. In a 2013 study by the American Society for Nutrition, 600 American consumers were questioned about their knowledge of GMOs, and 25% said they had never heard of GMOs (Wunderlich and Gatto 3). Additionally, 54% knew little to nothing about GMOs (5). In other words, American consumers are poorly educated about GMOs. Contrary to what some may believe, genetic modification does not include the insertion of chemicals into an organism, instead, it means modifying an organism's DNA so that it can express desired traits. (“Genetically modified organism” 1). Genetic modification is commonly confused with genetic

Objective: This essay discusses the effects of genetically modified organisms (GMO’s), in the environment, businesses, and human health.

First, well-known companies should not escalate people’s fear about genetically modified foods because by genetically engineering crops, those crops are now able to repel pests and diseases. To start, genetically modified organisms are “organisms whose genetic make-ups have been changed by mutating, inserting, or deleting genes, by using genetic engineering techniques or biotechnology” (Goldbas 20). Knowing this fact helps prove that “over the last twenty years, scientists and breeders have used [genetic

As a consumer, every day I choose what I eat, drink, and otherwise put inside me. For the most part I read the labels on the packaging, looking for things like sodium and caloric intake per serving, whether or not what I’m about to eat contains nuts or anything else that I have a mild allergy to. What I don’t see on my labels are notices of the use of GMO’s, which have become prevalent in consumer food but are never mentioned unless to say that a product does not contain GMO’s. Are we to believe that any food that does not specifically brand itself as a “healthy non-GMO alternative” to be partly made in a lab? This is simply not the case, though a good percentage of goods found in a grocery store either contain GMO’s or have in some way benefited from GMO use. GMO’s are unavoidable in this day in age, despite a culture of disdain and fear has developed due to the failures of big corporations to properly address the fears of the more cautious.