Re: GMO labeling

Hook Family (guldann@ix.netcom.com)
Mon, 13 Dec 1999 06:57:23 -0800

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Previous message: Wilson, Dale: "RE: do-it-yourself breeding"
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> The food industry fears that requiring labels on biotech
> foods would make
> consumers unnecessarily wary of such products.
>
> Jill wrote:
Instead of requiring labels on biotech foods, the FDA
> should develop
> standards for products that claim to be free from
biotech
> ingredients, say
> food manufacturers. Any biotech-free claims "must be
> substantiated," said
> John Gray, president of the International Foodservice
> Distributors
> Association.
>
> About 100 scientists, industry representatives, farmers
> and private citizens
> testified at the hearing. The FDA's last hearing will be
> Dec. 13 in Oakland,
> Calif.
>
> © Copyright 1999 The Associated Press

I was wondering this. Why can't products say they are free of GM. And of
course I mean they have actually tested and really are free. Or are they
"forbidden" to be truthful. Beth

Beth-
If I do not want GMO in any of my products, I am not willing to pay the
bill for any testing or certifying. It certainly was not my change that
caused the expense.

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Previous message: Wilson, Dale: "RE: do-it-yourself breeding"
Maybe in reply to: Bill Liebhardt: "GMO labeling"