Warning: Label Fatigue

Townhall.com ^ | June 2, 2013 | Debra J. Saunders

[FatherofFive]

I admit to a reluctance at agreeing with those hippie fruit-loops.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. But the fruit loops are anti-business. I am pro science. But not junk science, from either side.

[andy58-in-nh]

Few things have been more “modified” than Barbara Boxer’s face.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

And it still causes nightmares.

[free me]

GMO wheat has always been illegal in the USA.

Genetically Engineered wheat is probably what you meant.

The author of the article conflates the two either to mislead or out of ignorance.

There should be no labeling law. Purveyors of non-GMO food are already doing very well putting “non-GMO” on their labels.

[Buffalo Bob]

I for one would like to see this labeling. That way I can make the choice of what I want to purchase and consume.

[Carry_Okie]

"It's like highlighting everything in a textbook," said Ken DeVore, California legislative director of the National Federation of Independent Business. "Nothing's highlighted when everything's highlighted."

He is exactly correct. The Monsanto types of this world LOVE legislation like this because it gives them cover and lumps everybody in with them.

There is a vast difference between a GMO that simply changes the harvest date (Zaiger does this with fruit trees) and one that embeds a toxin (such as Bt corn). This is a situation that screams for PRIVATE certification and labeling, where the third party then becomes responsible for the assessment and information provided. Of course, that price for risk management would then be add to the cost and the product could then compete with the "heirloom" variety on an even footing. The system provides incentives to both competitors regarding the distinctions that make their products attractive to customers.

This kind of labeling is already starting to happen. The big guys don't like it. THAT is why Babbsie is jumping in on it.

[Yardstick]

...conservatives see the Earth-worshipping hippie greenies protesting GMO food and react impulsively, rushing to defend "capitalism".

I have a similar reaction when I see the left promoting global warming, and I don't think that's just me being impulsive. To me the GMO issue feels a lot like the global warming issue.

[LearsFool]

To me the GMO issue feels a lot like the global warming issue.

Believe me, I know that feeling well! No doubt such a reaction makes Monsanto all warm and fuzzy inside.

Take a quick read of this comment, though, and see if it plants a seed of doubt. (No pun intended!)

It's beginning to look like the "scientific consensus" is as trustworthy on GMO (and our food supply in general) as it is on global warming. Seems to me that it's not Left or Right that controls science, but money and power.

[P.O.E.]

Label should read:

“Thank the lawyers for running up your food bill”

[Yardstick]

We’re supposed to be scared of the weather and now the food supply too? Until someone shows me the proof I’m not going down that rabbit hole. I’m especially wary of conspiracy theories that cast producers and innovators as the villains.

[FatherofFive]

We’re supposed to be scared of the weather and now the food supply too? Until someone shows me the proof I’m not going down that rabbit hole.

Actually, you should be asking for proof that GM food is SAFE. The pro man-made global warmists and the GM-food-is-safe crowd both use junk science or no science at all.