Why are these people associating genetically modified foods with ill health? No such link exists. In point of fact every single bite of food you put in your mouth has been modified on a genetic level one way or the other at one point in time.
What exactly do they consider genetically modified? Some sort of modification has been going on for thousands of years.
The real question here is why would anyone object to consumers having more information on which to base their purchasing decisions. Refusing to provide it is like some totalitarian society: government knows best and don’t ask questions. - There is also country of origin labeling legislation that has been bottled up for years.
It’s always odd to see posters at FR coming out on the side of big brotherism rather than greater information and free choice for those spending their money.
There is always some seller who does not want the consumers to have more information about what they are selling. Follow the money.
All food is genetically modified. All crops today are the result of selectively manipulating the gene in agro laboratories
The hysteria is based on the chicken little mentality that produced the global warming debacle