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Monday, October 10, 2005 Genetically Modified Moo See article from the Washington Post Outrage doesn't even begin to describe it. I'm not anti-technology. I'm not anti-biotechnology. I'm not anti-gentetically modified food or cloned food. I just want the right to a label on this stuff. On page three of the article, it clearly states that "the FDA has made clear it won't require labels on clone products, which may leave meat-eaters who want to avoid them little practical way to do so." The reason that the FDA won't require labels is the assumption that the cloned product is the same as the naturally occuring product. Well, FDA, that's fine and dandy that you think so, but I don't. I want the right to choose if my moo comes from actual moo or a test tube moo. I may buy test tube moo, but I want it labeled as such. If we aren't labeling the results of this experiment, you can bet we aren't labeling the experiment. The article even admits that we aren't. See page 2, as it talks about cloned animals being used for food, despite the FDA not giving final approval yet for human consumption. Well, I do have an option if I don't want to consume genetically modified moo--buying organic. Organic farmers have to certify and prove that their crops and products were not grown with pesticides, herbicides, or chemicals. That's fine that organic farmers can prove that; however, a lot happens between the farm and the grocery store. What if my organic milk is transported in a truck that had contained milk from cloned cows? My organic milk is no longer pure organic milk; it contains traces of cloned cow milk. What if I ask my butcher to grind my organic steak into organic hamburger for me, but he didn't clean the meat grinder after he ground up a clone of Bessie into burgers? Now I've got cloned meat in my organic meat. I think I have the right to know what I'm putting in my body, and I should have the right to choose which products I eat. By not requiring a label for these foods, the FDA is taking away consumer choice. The FDA is taking away my right to choose. Big goverment is saying that cloned cows are okay for you, but aren't going to label them as cloned cows or cloned cow products. That means that you can't choose if cloned cows are okay for you or not, because you can't tell what you're getting. I want a label. That's all I want. ViaGen (the company cloning the cows) can make all the Bessies or Elvis' or whatevers they want; I just want them to be labelled as such. I want to be able to decide what goes into my body. (Further reading material to provoke thought on genetically modified food substances--Eating in the Dark by Kathleen Hart. It's not just genetically modified cows or milk with bovine growth hormone; it's soybeans, corn, canola, rice, potatoes, wheat, sweet potatoes...genetically modified and not labeled.) posted by jaime | 11:40 PM 0 comments |
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