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A poll by The New York Times in 2013 showed that 93% of Americans wanted labeling of GM food. [68] The 2013 vote, rejecting Washington State's GM food labeling I-522 referendum came shortly after [69] the 2013 World Food Prize was awarded to employees of Monsanto and Syngenta. [70] The award has drawn criticism from opponents of genetically ...
Trust in Transparency: Study Shows Labeling GMO Foods Improves Consumers' Attitudes
In Brazil, food containing more than one percent of GM ingredients must be labelled as such. [1] The development of genetically modified food has led to one of the most persistent and divisive debates about mandatory labelling, which is one of the central topics in genetically modified food controversies.
The survey made the statement, "GM foods are ___ for health than non-GM foods." 39% of the respondents responded "worse", 48% responded, no better or no worse, 10% responded better, leaving 3% of respondents that didn't answer the question. The data shows there is still a tendency for the average American to believe GM food is worse for health. [5]
Climate-related food labeling may be an effective tool to whittle down the beef industry's carbon footprint, new research argues.
Whole Foods Market is pouring a tremendous amount of effort into a store-wide labeling initiative seeking to notify consumers which products contain ingredients produced from genetically modified ...
This initiative statute would have required labeling of genetically engineered food, with some exceptions. It would have disallowed the practice of labeling genetically engineered food with the word "natural." [3] This proposition was one of the main concerns by the organizers of the March Against Monsanto in May 2013.
What's in a label? As the Food and Drug Administration considers this week whether to approve the production and sale of the first genetically modified (GM) animal -- Atlantic salmon -- for human ...