You are very cynical indeed. Do you also believe that all business is immoral and all managers are corrupt. Are there any people capable of doing their job professionally and acting in the best interest of the public and/or their employer? What is it that you do for a living? When did you become so cynical and bitter? If you think I'm naive, please enlighten me with your experiences dealing with the FDA. I'd be especially interested in any corruption you're aware of and any circumstances where they kow tow'd to industry thereby placing consumers at risk. I ask because, quite frankly, your responses are the kind I'd expect from someone who only sees industry from the outside.
There is no legitimate reason NOT to do so except that the food companies (and their lapdogs at the FDA and in Congress)
There's that bitterness again. What is it about genetically modified foods that you find dangerous - please don't link me to any more BS from Weston Price. Food labeling makes sense when their is a legitimate health concern. We've been genetically modifying foods for quite a long time now so you'd probably have to label most foods as genetically modified today. Your labeling request is nothing more than a stigma advocated by the know nothing busybodies and nanny stater's who wish to exert more control over individuals and business. Your desires would do nothing for food safety but would raise the costs and reduce the choices. It's just bizarre to find conservatives advocating for this kind of government intervention when none is required.
Have you had any luck finding proof that the chemical structure of fructose and glucose from HFCS is any different than the chemical structure of fructose and glucose from hydrolized sucrose? Standing by.
There's that bitterness again. What is it about genetically modified foods that you find dangerous?
I'm suspicious of GMO because they haven't been proven to be safe. You can go down the list of modern foods and medicines which we were told by the likes of the FDA were safe for their intended use and found to be dangerous instead. (ever heard of Vioxx, Celebrex, FenFen? How about the flip flop on saccharine?)
Food labeling makes sense when their is a legitimate health concern. We've been genetically modifying foods for quite a long time now so you'd probably have to label most foods as genetically modified today. Your labeling request is nothing more than a stigma advocated by the know nothing busybodies and nanny stater's who wish to exert more control over individuals and business.
If anything, by not requiring the labeling of GMO products is nanny-statism by the FDA, which thinks it and it alone has the right to allow companies to hide information from us that would allow us to make informed decisions about the foods we purchase. By not requiring companies to reveal GMO, they are allowing companies to slip this stuff to us under subterfuge, which I think is sneaky and wrong. People have a right to know what they are eating and to make reasonable choices for their families in regards to the foods they eat.
Your desires would do nothing for food safety but would raise the costs and reduce the choices. It's just bizarre to find conservatives advocating for this kind of government intervention when none is required.
Because the nannies at the FDA say so?! If there's stigma because of GMO, then obviously the proponents of GMO haven't done enough to reassure the public of the safety and reliability of GMO products (and with the FDA's track record on product safety, why shouldn't we be a bit cynical, as you put it?)