[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

GMO Nanny State PING!

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Is that going to apply to GM fart-free cows as well?

[null and void]

Yeah? When are we going to get Country Of Origin Labeling?

[longtermmemmory]

so just label it.

they used to say x-rays were 100% safe too. Even put them in shoe stores.

used to say lead paint was safe.

coal dust in oreo cookies...

[Buckeye McFrog]

In other words, establish a convenient one-stop shopping center for bribery and corruption.

[Valpal1]

Good. Any state that wants to force it’s own labeling system is going to find that they have fewer choices that cost more on their store shelves.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

FDA rulings go to the highest bidder.

Ain't that right, Monsanto?

[veracious]

In other words give _more_ authority to the bureaucrats who already have too much. We're is my USG representation in all of this?

For food: GMO should be labeled, country of origin should be labeled. Congress should require it, not had it to agencies. There are too many agencies and agents creating rules with the effect of law.

[Mariner]

If, CA, NY or TX passes a law requiring labeling, you can bet the whole country will have labeled food.

As we should.

Folks need to be able to choose based on the origin of their food.

[DannyTN]

No, instead of giving the FDA a choice, they should mandate all GMO foods to be labeled.

[WayneS]

Bill O’Reilly, or some other Bill?

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Just put the truth on labels. Consumers can sort it out.

Where grown.
Whether GMO or not.

Some people will care. Some will not. Give them the info.

[jdege]

This is about nonsense. The biggest health problem we're facing with respect to "modified" foods is with the modern strains of dwarf wheat - which contain many problematic proteins (largely responsible for the huge increase in celiac disease and other inflammatory autoimmune diseases), and which were created with processes that are not categorized as "genetic modification".

Seems to me that the states should be free to require GMO labeling, if they so choose. Most European nations do so, or ban GMO entirely, and they seem to be managing. The Feds should butt out.

But the underlying premise - that if it's not GMO, then it's not a "frankenfood", is false. Knowing that it's not GMO doesn't tell you that it's healthy.

[a fool in paradise]

Meanwhile scientists are working on gene splicing for babies with 3 or more birth parents’ genetic history.

Can we tattoo the GMO babies as well?

Or is that sacred because homosexuals want “offspring”?

[Socon-Econ]

The labeling requirement is not neutral or purely informational — it is part of an agenda that promotes the view that there is something wrong with GMO foods.

[Conflict]

I recall reading some study recently that the herbicide Glyphosate (or some such) accumulates in the tissues of animals that eat the grain/corn that was modified to withstand it.

[Conflict]

Cows not exposed to GMOs through their feed had significantly lower levels of glyphosate in their urine than cows fed GMO-containing feed. In the latter group, high concentrations of glyphosate and its metabolites were also found in the cows’ intestines, livers, muscles, spleens and kidneys, demonstrating how the chemical progressively accumulates throughout the body.
Similar findings were observed in the hares, rabbits and humans exposed to GMOs. Conventional feeding protocols were found to produce much higher levels of glyphosate poisoning in humans than non-GM and organic feeding protocols.