repeatedly show that up to 94 percent of And there are ethical issues, espe-
Americans want labels on GMO foods. cially for people with health-based or
“The FDA needs to request
Most other industrial countries label religious dietary restrictions. Everyone that Congress amend the
GMOs, and many tightly restrict their needs to know what’s in their food. But
new animal drug law, so that
testing and use. GMOs are unlike anything the world
the process is transparent,
The industry, made up of corpora- has seen before. They combine genes
and it needs to require
tions, their paid lobbyists and academic from different species. For example,
allies, claim that GMOs are safe. The genetic engineers have inserted genes
labeling, so that the public
industry says they don’t know of any from an arctic fi sh into strawberries, to
can report any problems
health harm proven to be caused by make them frost tolerant, but not some- they discover with the
their products. But their position is not thing a vegan would want to eat.
product.”
backed by reliable research from inde- Genetic engineering is also known
— Jaydee Hanson, policy analyst
pendent scientists. There is no govern- as recombinant DNA technology,
on cloning and genetics with the
ment testing; whatever information the because it takes DNA from one organ-
Center for Food Safety, responding
government gets from industry is on a ism and combines it with DNA from
to the proposed approval process for
voluntary basis. another organism. It does what nature
genetically engineered (GE) animals
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The processes used to create GMOs
are not precise or predictable. What is
precise is the fi rst step, selecting and
engineering the DNA to be used. After
that, genes are engineered and recom-
bined with bacteria, viruses, and other
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