They Just Insist On Poisoning the Food Supply !

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Six years ago, Americans began eating genetically engineered food.

Surprised? That's because no one told you.

 

While other countries require mandatory labeling of these food

ingredients, our FDA has decided we don't need to know.

Find out more and take action.

 

Q: What is the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) policy on

genetically engineered foods?

A: The FDA admits it has not " established any regulations specific to

bioengineered food. "

In other words, the genetically engineered foods that are found in

thousands of products on our supermarket shelves have not been subject

to any FDA regulation.

There are no requirements for any safety or environmental tests for GE

foods, and there is no requirement that GE foods are labeled. FDA does

not approve GE foods, it simply allows them into our diets and our

environment. The agency says it needs no such regulations because

genetically engineered (GE) foods are no different and have no different

safety issues than natural foods.

 

Q: Why should FDA regulate GE foods differently than other foods?

A: The FDA's own scientists found that genetic engineering is a

different and potentially riskier technology than natural food

production.

They warned that

unexpected allergic reactions

increased levels of food toxins

and other side effects of genetic engineering could harm human health or

the environment.

The FDA scientist who summarized the opinion of the agency's scientific

experts wrote, " (T)he processes of genetic engineering and traditional

breeding are different, and according to the technical experts in the

agency, they lead to different risks. "

 

Q: Don't some GE foods have to be labeled?

A: The FDA says that GE foods must be labeled if they are changed

nutritionally or if an allergen is introduced into food by genetic

engineering.

In fact, none of the GE foods in our supermarkets are labeled.

An editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine criticized FDA's

policy on food allergens, noting that the agency does not require

labeling or testing of GE foods that contain genes that have never been

assessed for their potential to cause food allergies.

Other GE foods have been changed nutritionally and functionally, yet the

FDA continues to keep consumers in the dark about these altered foods.

For example, " insect resistant " GE crops are engineered to produce an

insect toxin, so the GE plant is classified as a pesticide.

When you eat GE corn, for example, you are eating corn that contains a

pesticide that has never before been part of the human diet. The FDA

says that these insect resistant foods are not labeled because pesticide

regulation is EPA's job. When EPA was asked why these foods are not

labeled, they said it was because food labeling is the FDA's job!

 

Q: Can't food companies label their products if they want to?

A: The FDA says that its new guidelines will enable food companies to

label products voluntarily.

But no food company has voluntarily labeled foods that are made with GE

ingredients. Meanwhile, FDA's guidelines actually make it more difficult

for responsible food companies who avoid GE foods to label their

products as " not genetically engineered. " FDA's " voluntary " labeling

guidelines leave GE foods unlabeled, while creating obstacles for food

makers who simply want to sell the same non-GE food they always have.

 

Q: How has the FDA's policy changed under its new proposal?

A: The FDA's proposal for new GE food regulations makes no substantive

changes in its policy; in fact, the agency has stated that it is

reaffirming its original policy.

Instead of requiring safety testing and labeling, FDA's new policy will

merely require biotech companies to notify the agency when they are

about to bring a new GE food to market. FDA has refused to require

pre-market testing and labeling despite scientific concerns and

overwhelming public demand for labeling.

 

Q: What can we do about GE foods?

A: Comments on the FDA's GE foods proposal can be submitted until May

3rd at http://www.truefoodnow.org. You can also join the free True Food

Network to connect with thousands of others who want to take action to

stop this genetic experiment on our food and environment.

True Food Network

 

DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENT:

We need to be very vigilant about these foods. One of the simple things

you can do is sign a comment card at your local grocery store and tell

them you will not shop anymore in their store if they ever carry and

genetically modified or irradiated foods.

 

Business owners are not stupid. The consumer is in control. We just need

to get organized and synched so when can all do this together and

prevent the powers that be from continuing their potentially devastating

plans