Over the past week and a half, Mars, General Mills, ConAgra Foods and Kellogg announced that they had decided to start labeling whether their products contain GMOs nationwide, in compliance with a pending Vermont statute. They see this as a way to avoid the cost of maintaining multiple systems for different states.  These companies clearly state that they agree with the scientific consensus that there is no safety issue with biotechnology as it has been applied to crops. However, many observers believe that the ultimate effect of compliance with the Vermont law will be to encourage companies to seek non-GMO ingredients.  That would, of course, be a major victory for the organizations that have promoted labeling and who are actually quite transparent about their agenda of eliminating the technology all together. However this scenario plays out, there are three interesting questions to consider.
Why do so many consumers say they want “GMO labeling?”
Why was anyone against labeling in the first place?
What might be the long-term effects of this labeling requirement on our food supply?
Why do so many consumers say they want “GMO labeling?”

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