If GMO containing food products were labeled as such, the market for GMO foods would probably shrink dramatically very quickly. Large numbers of consumers don’t want it, the companies pushing it know that and that is why they spend tens of millions fighting any state referenda and buying and paying for congressmen to prevent labeling requirements.
And if companies such as General Foods and Post are beginning to offer products without GMO ingredients, it might still be defeated in the marketplace.
It’s amazing to see folks who claim to be some sort of conservative defend the right of sellers to withhold basic product information from consumers. Knowledge of product and price is one of the requirements for the free market so many claim to desire.
A similar debate was/is held over Country Of Origin Labeling, COOL, it was held up for awhile. I’m not up on the implementation of it. But different groups were/are against it for the obvious reasons.
It’s amazing to see folks who claim to be some sort of conservative defend the right of sellers to withhold basic product information from consumers. Knowledge of product and price is one of the requirements for the free market so many claim to desire.