Nobody is lying to you. Every agricultural product you eat has been genetically modified. Every. Single. One. Given that fact, why would Simplot, or any other company in the food industry, need to inform you that you are consuming genetically engineered food?
The FDA only requires labeling if a food raises legitimate questions related to nutrition or safe use. People who understand the science involved know that there are no legitimate questions regarding the nutritional content and safety of GMO food.
Labeling mandates based solely on an alleged consumers’ "right to know," rather than on a product’s measurable characteristics, is in violation of the Constitution.
You are not allowed to demonize a product, or to create fear about a product, unless you can prove that there is a problem with the nutrition or safety of that product.
Instead of demanding that government force industry to label their products even more than they already do, perhaps you should simply buy organic food products. The organic industry will appreciate you paying more for products that deliver absolutely no additional benefits.
Those against GM (the rebranding of the term of GMO), know the difference of a crop improved by hybridization, etc., to improve yields, pest and disease resistance, and the genetically modified crops that have Round-up and/or BT infused into the DNA (genome?) of the plant. It has been a while. I no longer remember the scientific terms, or care, what they are. I won’t buy the junk.
There is many studies out there worldwide that are not paid off by Monsanto and other corporations like it. The other’s testing results are in conflict with the claims of those who were paid off by Monsanto. Those who like GMOs can always brag they are eating foods engineered by the companies that made and inflicted Agent Orange on our Vietnam Vets.
I do not care what McDonald’s says, their crap is filled with soy, which is GMO, as is the feed of the feedlot cattle for what little meat in their patties, the flour for their (gummy) buns, the lettuce... Why don’t they complete the picture with GMO potatoes?
Food companies already have the packaging stating whether a product contains GM/GMOs or not if they sell outside of the US or Canada, the only 2 “civilized” countries left who do not make it mandatory to divulge that fact to consumers. Companies also make foods for overseas differently, or the way they used to before selling the US on eating the chemical “equivalents” of real food. You have to order real Ovaltine from England, though it is made here. Americans get the crappy version now.