Label Genetically Modified Foods
- by: Jenna Brennan
- recipient: The Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Dept of Agriculture
Recently, the US Dept of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved more genetically engineered (GE) foods including Alfalfa, Corn, and Sugar Beets. Next on their list is a fast growing type of salmon, which will become the very first GE animal to be sold as food.
As reprehensible and disgusting as mutated food is, worse still is the fact that the FDA and the US Dept of Agriculture will not require any organization selling these products to label them as Genetically Engineered foods. This is unacceptable!
And if we are buying foods labeled as organic, we should be able to trust that they are just that - organic. But according to a direct quote by New York Times reporter Mark Bittman, when ethanol corn cross-pollinates feed corn, the results could degrade the feed corn; when G.E. alfalfa cross-pollinates organic alfalfa, that alfalfa is no longer organic; if a G.E. salmon egg is fertilized by a wild salmon, or a transgenic fish escapes into the wild and breeds with a wild fish it is not clear what will happen.
Please sign this petition if you, like us, believe that it is the basic right of the American public to decide whether to consume genetically engineered foods. If you, like us, believe that the F.D.A and the USDA are irresponsible in not requiring labels, sign here and let them know. Together we can demand that labels be provided for all genetically modified foods, especially those labeled as organic.
**The information in this petition was taken from an article on care2.com. You can read more about it this issue by going here: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/new-frankensalmon-may-invade-u-s.html
As reprehensible and disgusting as mutated food is, worse still is the fact that the FDA and the US Dept of Agriculture will not require any organization selling these products to label them as Genetically Engineered foods. This is unacceptable!
We deserve the basic right to know what we are ingesting!
And if we are buying foods labeled as organic, we should be able to trust that they are just that - organic. But according to a direct quote by New York Times reporter Mark Bittman, when ethanol corn cross-pollinates feed corn, the results could degrade the feed corn; when G.E. alfalfa cross-pollinates organic alfalfa, that alfalfa is no longer organic; if a G.E. salmon egg is fertilized by a wild salmon, or a transgenic fish escapes into the wild and breeds with a wild fish it is not clear what will happen.
Please sign this petition if you, like us, believe that it is the basic right of the American public to decide whether to consume genetically engineered foods. If you, like us, believe that the F.D.A and the USDA are irresponsible in not requiring labels, sign here and let them know. Together we can demand that labels be provided for all genetically modified foods, especially those labeled as organic.
Together we can make our voices heard.
**The information in this petition was taken from an article on care2.com. You can read more about it this issue by going here: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/new-frankensalmon-may-invade-u-s.html
We, the undersigned, have recently become aware that several new foods, including alfalfa, corn, sugar beets, and worst of all salmon have been approved for genetic engineering (hereafter referred to as GE). We have also been made aware that the FDA and the USDA have decided not to require that GE foods be labeled as such.
This is an outrage. Many of us buy organic foods. But when you cross pollinate G.E. Alfalfa with organic alfalfa, it ceases to be organic. At that point, selling the alfalfa as organic is a LIE and FALSE ADVERTISING. But how is the farmer to know if he is selling organic alfalfa if what he is given is not labeled properly? We should be able to trust that what we are buying is pure.
Listen to your conscience and not your wallets! Allow us the right to choose.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
Sign PetitionSign PetitionThis is an outrage. Many of us buy organic foods. But when you cross pollinate G.E. Alfalfa with organic alfalfa, it ceases to be organic. At that point, selling the alfalfa as organic is a LIE and FALSE ADVERTISING. But how is the farmer to know if he is selling organic alfalfa if what he is given is not labeled properly? We should be able to trust that what we are buying is pure.
We demand that you provide labels on ALL G.E. foods, giving American consumers the much deserved right to decide what foods go into their own bodies. And we are not alone. A New York Times and CBS poll, showed that 87% of people want Genetically Modified foods labeled.You must provide us that basic freedom!
You must listen to us. You must listen to the majority.
YOU MUST DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND MORAL.
Listen to your conscience and not your wallets! Allow us the right to choose.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
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