Well, you obviously know far more than me about the topic.
And I am sure you would agree that the technology is advancing enormously - almost on a daily basis.
I am familiar with PCR and thought about buying a kit, but then I couldn’t figure out what to do with like a gallon of my DNA!!
;-)
I think that the problem of fear of GMO food can be handled at teh private level.
Have you heard of Mrs Gooch’s supermarkets? They got bought up by Whole Foods. But in the beginning, they’d guarantee certain things about the stuff they sold. No artificial colors, flavors, unless it was labeled as such. They’d run gas chromatography tests on each lot of produce and POST THE RESULTS! at the food bin! They did lots of stuff like that and they passed the costs on. Naturally the food was more expensive because they paid for test labs to run tests on things. They were moderately successful, imo, but never really took off. Paying 50% more for a kiwi because you know the pesticide level was only attractive to a limited set.
So for GMO food, a company can pay for genetic testing of all ingredients, certify each production lot, post the results online tied to a QR code on the package, and pass the costs on to the consumer. So GMO food will be available to anyone who wants it, with no laws involved. You could have an entire grocery store chain based on the concept, like Gooch’s, and all those who fear GMO, irradiated, pesticide residue, and anything else would be satisfied. Without a government forcing stuff on us.
