The people have spoken. They want the FDA--The Food and Drug Administration-- to Label GMOs in foods. This is not currently the case, although in many nations of the world the Right to Know is there, and GMOs in Foods are labeled.
What does the recent March 27 released Mellman survey show Americans think about labeling GE foods?
This is from the Label Site Here!
According to various polls and surveys, the vast majority of Americans feel they have a right to know what is in their food. Voter support for labeling of GE foods is nearly unanimous, according to the political opinion survey on GE food labeling conducted by The Mellman Group on behalf of JLI. The survey found nearly all Democrats (93% favor, 2% oppose), Independents (90% favor, 5% oppose) and Republicans (89% favor, 5% oppose) in favor of labeling. To learn more about the national survey of 1000 voters, read the Mellman Survey Results.
http://justlabelit.org/faqs/
This is the FDA position that was expressed in the survey--according to the Mellman report
The Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, should NOT require foods containing genetically engineered ingredients be labeled. Labels will just increase the cost of food, burden American companies with excessive, unnecessary regulations and add to the big federal government bureaucracy. Genetically engineered foods have been found safe by the FDA and there is no scientific evidence at all that genetically engineered foods do any harm. Genetically engineered crops have been planted since 1996 in the US and in many other countries. Hundreds of millions of meals containing food from genetically engineered crops have been consumed, and there has not been a single substantiated instance of illness or harm. What’s more, genetically engineered foods can help feed the world by increasing crop yields. When you think about the increased food costs, the lack of scientific evidence that there is even a problem, and the needs of hungry people all over the world, labels just aren’t worth it.
THIS IS THE POSITION THAT MOST PEOPLE WANTED AS EXPRESSED IN THE MELLMAN REPORT
Voters also heard this argument in favor of mandatory labeling:
The FDA should require that foods containing genetically engineered ingredients be labeled so consumers can make an informed decision. We have the right to know what is in the food we put in our own bodies and in our children’s. Not only do we have the right to know, we also have the right to decide for ourselves whether or not we want to buy genetically engineered food. It’s not the government’s right to make that decision for us, and it’s not any corporation’s right to make that decision for us. But allowing these foods to be sold without labels takes away our right to decide for ourselves. Adding labels will cost very little. No matter what you think about the scientific facts, there is no doubt that we all have the right to know and the right to decide for ourselves.
Even after voters hear powerful arguments against labeling, support for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods proves not only strong, it turns out to be exceptionally robust, with an 89% supermajority continuing to choose the pro-labeling position over the anti-labeling position -- including a 77% supermajority who say they “strongly” prefer the labeling position -- versus just 9% who take the opposition side (2% remain undecided). Once again, that strong support is very widespread and bipartisan, cutting across all demographic lines, with huge majorities of Democrats (85% favor,11% oppose), independents (93% favor, 6% oppose) and Republicans (88% favor, 10% oppose) continuing to favor the pro-labeling side despite having been exposed to strong arguments from the opposition.
WHAT TO DO NEXT?
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Numbers of other states, including California, are hot on the trail to have GMOs Labeled. Here is the California Facebook site.
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The FDA should require that foods containing genetically engineered ingredients be labeled so consumers can make an informed decision. We have the right to know what is in the food we put in our own bodies and in our children’s. Not only do we have the right to know, we also have the right to decide for ourselves whether or not we want to buy genetically engineered food. It’s not the government’s right to make that decision for us, and it’s not any corporation’s right to make that decision for us. But allowing these foods to be sold without labels takes away our right to decide for ourselves. Adding labels will cost very little. No matter what you think about the scientific facts, there is no doubt that we all have the right to know and the right to decide for ourselves.
Even after voters hear powerful arguments against labeling, support for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods proves not only strong, it turns out to be exceptionally robust, with an 89% supermajority continuing to choose the pro-labeling position over the anti-labeling position -- including a 77% supermajority who say they “strongly” prefer the labeling position -- versus just 9% who take the opposition side (2% remain undecided). Once again, that strong support is very widespread and bipartisan, cutting across all demographic lines, with huge majorities of Democrats (85% favor,11% oppose), independents (93% favor, 6% oppose) and Republicans (88% favor, 10% oppose) continuing to favor the pro-labeling side despite having been exposed to strong arguments from the opposition.
to spread the word.
How Fast Can a Dream Grow?
As Fast as a Blade of Grass!
Big Seed Dreams for 2012!!!
http://plantyourdream.net/?p=11424
When I Touch Grass, I touch The Infinite..."
--George Washington Carver
What is the key for living in the most GMO Era and Getting There?
One of the most radical growth spurts needed now to get beyond our current
Food Emergency is learning to discern again what healthy Food is. Developing a sense of what is good for us comes as we get our beat back with nature. Beet Keepers, Return! Get your beat back with Nature. Animals will choose whole, pure, organic food without GMO's if given the choice, Jeffrey Smith tells us!
In 2012, there are two plants I am asking you to study. Begin by growing Kamut in a pot. This is an ancient form of wheat.
This is a Favorite Quote for the 2012 Season from George Washington Carver. I found this quote in the books of Edmond Bordeaux Szekely, who I see an the foremost Essene Renaissance Prophet of the 20th Century. "Essene" means many things, including, Expectant of the return to wholeness. It means, holding to the Essential. It means each of us being an Organic Uprising, Standing Up for Nature's Original Technology.
Photo of Edmond Bordeauxz Szekely
Art rendered by Leslie Goldman
Your EG
Uncle Sam Marries "Anit" GMO
Join the Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Food on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/groups/348831351129/
BEET KEEPERS, RETURN!
JOIN US ON THE PLANT YOUR DREAM BLOG
http://plantyourdream.net/?page_id=552%3Cbr%20/%3E
Read more about Your Enchanted Gardener here
http://plantyourdream.net/?page_id=812
Find me at Leslie Goldman, Your Enchanted Gardener, Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Leslie-Goldman-Your-Enchanted-Gardener/24718048...
"Thrive Organically!" is the theme of the Organic Farming Research Foundation in 2012. I believe that local organic farmers are key to a health agriculture. I believe that many people are called now to enter Urban Agriculture.
Here are photos of the journey of America returning to its Roots.
Friend of the Farm San Diego on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/FriendOfTheFarmSanDiego
Quintesential Solutions for the Compelling Health Issues Facing Us
These are the products I use in my personal journey for improved health from more than 50 years working with arthritis naturally, and striving to keep my soul in the driver's seat of my life.
http://plantyourdream.net/?category_name=quintessential-solutions&paged=2
http://plantyourdream.net/?p=3783