Genetically engineered whole foods making an imprint in our world. Labeling and information is being instituted for the consumer to make a more informed decision in buying. Mileading ingredients and labeling has often plagued the consumer with poor decision making in their attempts to buy healthy. The average consumer will purchase foods based on marketing hype and labeling. If it looks and sounds good, then it must be good. Today, the consumer is educating themselves in an attempt to turn back the hands of unhealthy for the past years.
Genetically modified ingredients are deeply embedded in the global food supply, having proliferated since the 1990s. Most of the corn and soybeans grown in the United States, for example, have been genetically modified. The alterations make soybeans resistant to a herbicide used in weed control, and causes the corn to produce its own insecticide. Efforts are under way to produce a genetically altered apple that will spoil less quickly, as well as genetically altered salmon that will grow faster. The announcement ricocheted around the food industry and excited proponents of labeling. “Fantastic,” said Mark Kastel, co-director of the Cornucopia Institute, an organic advocacy group that favors labeling.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/opinion/why-label-genetically-engineered-food.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/business/grocery-chain-to-require-labels-for-genetically-modified-food.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Within certain circles, I am beginning to see a stream of consciousness emerging where people are becoming a bit more aware of what they are consuming. For years, I can remember that so long as it was FDA approved it was good-to-go. But when you tell me that scientists are producing corn that produces it's own pesticides or that soybeans develop a resistance to herbicides, that raises alarm bells with me and hopefully with the general public. What are the long-term effects on us? We are not being genetically altered to consume such products. Or are we? Hmm... If you've ever wondered how those rats feel that we experiment on, wonder no further and realize that someone has moved your cheese.
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