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(Beyond Pesticides<\/i>, January 25, 2014) U.S. Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR) joined other members of Congress, along with more than 200 businesses and organizations, including Beyond Pesticides, in petitioning President Obama<\/a> to adopt labeling requirements for genetically engineered (GE) foods. The letter encourages the president to fulfill his campaign pledge<\/a> made in 2007 to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to adopt a national mandatory labeling system.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time the FDA\u2019s policies reflected 21st<\/sup> century food technologies,\u201d said Rep DeFazio in a press conference last Thursday. \u201cAfter all, twenty years ago they didn\u2019t have corn that could produce its own insecticides.\u201d<\/p>\n

In April 2013, Rep. DeFazio and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation<\/a> that requires FDA to label GE food, under the proposed Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act<\/i>. The bill now has 50 cosponsors. \u201cTwo state legislatures have already approved GE labeling and more than 20 other states are considering GE labeling laws,\u201d the letter reads, referring to the GE labeling laws passed in Connecticut<\/a> and Maine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlain and simple, this is about consumer rights,\u201d said Rep. DeFazio. \u201cPeople should have the ability to make an informed choice about what they feed their family and we know it\u2019s not an impossible request of food manufacturers, because they already label GMOs in more than sixty countries. Food manufacturers can and should offer that same standard right here in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many countries, including the European Union and Japan, have banned planting of GE crops outright and more than 60 other countries already require GE labeling. \u201cWe know it can be done,\u201d said Rep. DeFazio. Consumers have a right to know whether the foods they buy contain GE ingredients not only because of concerns over the safety of eating GE food, but also because of the direct and indirect effects of GE agriculture on the environment, wildlife, and the human health. Repeated spraying herbicides, particularly glyphosate<\/a>, the active ingredient in Roundup, demonstrably destroys refuge areas<\/a> for beneficial insects, directly harms amphibians<\/a>, and leads to resistance<\/a> in weed species the GE technology was intended to control. With the significant issue of herbicide resistance, farmers have resorted to increasingly toxic combinations of chemicals, despite the presence of organic management practices that are \u00a0protective of human health and the environment<\/a> and produce the same yield.<\/a> Thus, for a multitude of reasons, consumers have the right to know the ingredients in the products they are purchasing.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the best way to avoid food with GE ingredients is to buy organic. Under organic certification standards, GE organisms are prohibited. \u00a0For this and many other reasons<\/a>, organic products are the right choice for consumers. For more information on GE foods and labeling issues, see Beyond Pesticides\u2019 \u00a0Genetic Engineering<\/a> website.<\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides<\/i><\/p>\n

Sources: <\/i>Statesman Journal<\/i><\/a>, <\/i>Oregon Public Broadcasting<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The bill now has 50 cosponsors. \u201cTwo state legislatures have already approved GE labeling and more than 20 other states are considering GE labeling laws,\u201d the letter reads, referring to the GE labeling laws passed in Connecticut and Maine. \u201cPlain and simple, this is about consumer rights,\u201d said Rep. DeFazio. \u201cPeople should have the ability to make an informed choice about what they feed their family and we know it\u2019s not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genetic-engineering","category-labeling"],"yoast_head":"\nGroups Call on Obama to Require National GE Labeling Laws - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2014\/01\/groups-call-on-obama-to-require-national-ge-labeling-laws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Groups Call on Obama to Require National GE Labeling Laws - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(Beyond Pesticides, January 25, 2014) U.S. Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR) joined other members of Congress, along with more than 200 businesses and organizations, including Beyond Pesticides, in petitioning President Obama to adopt labeling requirements for genetically engineered (GE) foods. 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