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Genetically Engineered Food and I-522 Labeling
Images are from Google Images and may be subject to copyright
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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.
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Right to know what we buy and eat
Transparency
More informationto help choose and decide
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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
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An I-522 label:
“Partially produced withgenetic engineering.”
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GE salmon
• FDA: a “new animal drug”
• No data: growth hormones or IGF-1 hormone
• Increased allergic potential
• Less omega-3 “good fat”
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• 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
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• GE foods are different • Safety assessments required
Global consensus
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• Washington wheat $1.14 billion
• Washington apples $824 million
• Washington wild salmon $123 million
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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
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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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