From his article "Own it, don't hide it: The Pro-GMO backlash" Eric Scigliano points out that "The food industry has trotted out the same dire predictions and big lobbying bucks against almost every previous food-labeling initiative — most notably the 1990 Nutrition Labeling and Education Act, which mandated the back-of-the-package lists of fat, salt, sugar, etc. that we now take for granted."
I think it's high time that we - the consumer - stand up for the right to know everything we can about the foodstuffs we're purchasing. We need to stop allowing the hyperbole to overwhelm our common sense. Putting information on the product doesn't harm sales - the vast majority of shoppers don't give the label a second glance. If they did, they'd be shopping for the healthiest food with the fewest additives. And that just isn't happening.
My argument to the big food producers who fight the labeling laws with tens of millions of dollars is always going to be "what are you hiding?" Seriously, if there is nothing wrong with it, spend that money on a campaign to enlighten us... not a campaign to kill the release of information on the ingredients!
Read Mr. Scigliano's article here.
My argument to the big food producers who fight the labeling laws with tens of millions of dollars is always going to be "what are you hiding?" Seriously, if there is nothing wrong with it, spend that money on a campaign to enlighten us... not a campaign to kill the release of information on the ingredients!
Read Mr. Scigliano's article here.
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