Do you think it’s safe to not know what is inside the food you eat? Many companies in the U.S. do not use food labels that does not protect the rights of people to know what is in their food today. All companies in the U.S. should have food labels to insure the safety of many people’s health. Even though we shouldn’t make it harder for food companies to sell their food to us by putting food labels on them, all foods should have food labels for the safety of humans because people with certain diseases need to know what's in food so they don't eat something that they will have an allergic reaction to and People deserve to know what is inside the food they eat everyday. People in the U.S. today barely know anything about what they eat. All companies …show more content…
that have a disease or infection that has to do with food need to know what they are eating so they do not make the condition worse. To begin, many people in America have conditions or illnesses that affect how or what they eat. This means that companies without food labels could affect a person's health in a very negative way. A first example is, "I have celiac disease, so I need food labeled. I think food should be labeled, and that would include GMOs in food" (Should Genetically Modified (GMO) Foods Have Mandatory Labeling?). This statement says that people with diseases need their food labeled so they don’t eat something that could affect their health in a negative way. A second example is, “While botulism is one of the most menacing foodborne illnesses, others are potentially quite serious as well, and product labels can help you avoid them.” (Seltzer) The author is saying that some products can even cause food illnesses so having food labels could help people avoid those diseases. An opposing viewpoint for having food labels because of disease is, “Yes, having food labels on foods for biotechnology is not a big enough reason to place food labels and probably ruin that companies success” (Should Genetically Modified (GMO) Foods Have Mandatory Labeling?). This quote states that placing food labels just for the helpfulness of humans with a little disease is not a reason to ruin more people’s lives then just a couple. People in America deserve to know …show more content…
today don’t even grow their own food like they used to. Most of these companies have hired someone to grow the food for them but yet still have the false labeling that they had when they did grow their own food. People in the U.S. deserve to know what is in their food without companies using false labeling to try and trick the people into eating their food. A first example of this is, “Cascadian doesn't even grow its own food anymore. Instead the company buys produce from large (organic) industrial farms, many of them monocultures. On the Cascadian package there's a picture of a pretty little farm-the original commune. This place still exists, but its just for show." The company Cascadian is using false labeling because all they are doing is using the farm they used to grow food with as their label because that will make people to believe that that is where their food is made. "I am very much in favor of what Secretary Vilsack is trying to do. What he's trying to do as the Secretary of Agriculture for our country is to get a [GMO] labeling program started...If you followed what went on in the last week in Congress, very powerful agriculture forces were trying to pass a law, get it into the Omnibus, to prohibit states from passing laws requiring labeling. Now that did not pass. So that was a good, that was a good development for Secretary Vilsack because what he's trying to do is get states and advocates and agriculture interests all at the same
companies struggle to maintain their autonomy in the food chain and inform what kind of
In recent years, it is not even necessary to turn on the news to hear about the bad reputation farming has been getting in recent years. With the media focusing on things like drugs in animals and Pink Slime, or Lean Finely Textured Beef, it is a wonder that people are eating “non-organic” foods. However, many pro-farming organizations have been trying to fight back against these slanders. Still, the battle is not without heavy competition, and a good portion of it comes from Chipotle, a fast food Mexican restaurant that claims to only use completely organic ingredients in their food. Chipotle is constantly introducing advertisements claiming to have the natural ingredients, while slandering the names of farmers everywhere.
A substantial percentage of the work on the ethics of genetically modified food has primarily centralized on its potentially nocuous effects on human health and on the rights to label
The act of manufactures labeling of our foods products in terms of the ingredients a particular product contains and the nutritious facts is sometimes taken for granted, we often see the labels on our food products, but ignore them because we’re so used to seeing them in our daily lives. Surprisingly, food product labeling, specifically that pertaining to allergen warnings, were not always available to consumers until a government mandate in 2004 (FALCPA). I think part of the reason for such a lateness in regulation was due to a social stigma regarding allergies, that having them was some sort of natural selection and not an issue that should be taken care of. Another surprising notion I came across was that although there was no government regulation, manufactures of food products took a good amount of initiative in letting their consumers know of potential allergens in their products.
A non-GMO label doesn’t necessarily mean “healthy”. White sugar, flour, and processed ingredients if not genetically modified are considered non GMO. Recently Cheerios made their ingredients GMO free. This label made Cheerios seems as a “healthy conscience choice” when in fact they are not healthy at all. The truth is that this breakfast cereal is highly processed and is best to be avoided despite the “healthy halo” of being approved by the National Heart Association and GMO free. The truth appears on the nutrition label and the ingredients (Wartman). “If you can’t pronounce it, don’t buy it” The voluntary labeling places a burden on the consumer. The average Americans are forced to navigate confusing and cluttered food landscape” (Wartman). A mandatory labeling law is vital to give clear and concise information to citizens.
Next, companies that refuse the use of genetic modifications on their foods must begin to label foods that do not contain GMOs so that consumers can be sure of their safety, even if others that contain GMOs do not label. Due to this labeling, there will be an exposure to which foods are natural because the foods that are the most appealing will have “the ‘Non-GMO Project Verified’ seal [in order] to help shoppers recognize which products meet rigorous GMO avoidance practices” (“Whole Foods Market”).
Food is an essential part of everyday life without it one could not survive. Every day we make choices on what we put in to our bodies. There are countless varieties of food to choose from to meet the diverse tastes of the increasing population. Almost all food requires a label explaining the ingredients and the nutritional value allowing consumers to make informed decisions on what they are consuming. However, many may not be considering where that food is coming from or how it has been produced. Unfortunately, there is more to food than meets the eye. Since 1992, “ the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruled, based on woefully limited data, that genetically modified foods were ‘substantially equivalent’ to their non-GM counterparts” (Why to Support Labeling). GM food advocates have promised to create more nutritious food that will be able to grow in harsh climate conditions and eventually put an end to world hunger in anticipation of the growing population. There is very little evidence to support these claims and study after study has proven just the opposite. GM crops are not only unsafe to consume, but their growing practices are harmful to the environment, and multinational corporations are putting farmers out of business.
Introduction There once was a time when words like "light" and "low-fat" were on food packages that had no nutritional meaning. As a result, shoppers were often led to believe they were buying products that were more helpful than they really were. Nutrition panels on labels are also confusing and hard to read. But the Australia New Zealand Authority (ANZFA) changed all that. In March 2001 the ANZFA defined new standardized terms that appear on food labels such as "low-fat", "reduced" and "lean" to control how food manufacturers could put their facts that are relevant to most of our dietary needs.
Daily, millions of people are perusing the grocery store, buying food for their families, completely unaware of what they are purchasing. A study on consumer research regarding food labels by the FDA found only a small percentage of people actually read the food labels and understand what they mean apart from only the calories and fat; ingredients are another story. “According to a study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, about 61.5 percent reported using the nutrition facts panel when deciding to purchase food. Fewer people paid attention to the list of ingredients” (CNN Health). The FDA is aware that labeling could help reverse the acceleration we are seeing in heart diseases and obesity, but labeling does not help people to read the ingredients if they do not understand pseudonyms, and vitamins. “The surveys also revealed frequent misunderstanding of the meaning of the daily/value column that shows how each nutrient fits into a healthy diet, “(American journal Nutrition, WEB). Many different harmful ingredients are secretly hidden in labels and people skimming ov...
With all of the controversy surrounding GMO foods: health versus biodiversity; benefits versus dangers; pros versus cons, a topic that always arises is the subject of labeling. Labeling has been a matter of discussion for years and
If crops were affected by droughts, disease and insects, having destroyed many acres across America’s Midwest region, the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) would not be beneficial in regenerating new crops. Genetically modifying foods (GMOs) “are plants or animals that have been genetically engineered with DNA from bacteria, viruses or other plants and animals that cannot occur in nature or in traditional crossbreeding” (nongmoproject.org). Most research done has concluded no positive benefits in using GMOs. There are serious health risks associated with eating GM foods based on scientific research done around the world. The purpose of GMOs are to increase production of crop yield and reduce pesticide use but research says otherwise. If farmers wanted to continue using GMOs to produce crops, labeling should be mandatory to allow consumers to have a conscious choice whether or not to eat GM food. Through research it has been proven that the use of GMOs to increased production of crops during a time of drought or disease have no benefits, just risks.
More and More people are becoming concerned about what they eat, especially if they consume food products that are manufactured in food industries. However, it is hard to know what exactly you are consuming if food industries provide false nutrition content and mislead consumers by placing false advertisements on the packaging. When a company produces a product that contains misleading label, consumers are not receiving complete information about the food they are eating which could lead to health issues including allergies and problems with diabetes.
The International Food Policy Research Institute has looked at many policies and created a guide that attempts to unveil the reasons as to why GM labeling is necessary. There are two major types of policies: voluntary and mandatory. With voluntary policies, companies are not required to label GM products. With mandatory policies however, any type of product that has included any GM product or biotechnology in the process – even if the genetically modified gene is not in the final product – must still be labeled. In this case, GM labeling should not be required for many different reasons.
Food labels are supposed to tell us exactly what’s in the foods we consume but we don’t know where those things come from. I think that food labels should state exactly where and what companies provided the ingredients in the foods on the food labels. If we knew exactly what we were eating we could prevent each other from getting sick from the foods. The government will never release exactly what we are eating because they’re are gaining too much money when they keep things kept a secret but; too many people are getting sick from these foods we need to be able to prevent ourselves from getting