FDA won't allow food to be labeled GMO-free

fyi < 50 percent of article posted

This is similar to when the FDA banned milk producers from saying 'no added hormones' or GBH-free. Ultimately, and surprisingly the PEOPLE won out against the censorship (by big business and the government) and now we have labeling.

[link to www.rawstory.com]

"Extra labeling only confuses the consumer,' biotech spokesman says"

That the Food and Drug Administration is opposed to labeling foods that are genetically modified is no surprise anymore, but a report in the Washington Post indicates the FDA won't even allow food producers to label their foods as being free of genetic modification.

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It has sent a flurry of enforcement letters to food makers, including B&G Foods, which was told it could not use the phrase "GMO-free" on its Polaner All Fruit strawberry spread label because GMO refers to genetically modified organisms and strawberries are produce, not organisms.
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It told the maker of Spectrum Canola Oil that it could not use a label that included a red circle with a line through it and the words "GMO," saying the symbol suggested that there was something wrong with genetically engineered food....

David Edwards... that "extra labeling only confuses the consumer. ... As we stick more labels on products that don't really tell us anything more, it makes it harder for consumers to make their choices."

The Post ... "comes at a time when Americans seem to want to know more about their food - where it is grown, how it is produced and what it contains."

"The public wants to know and the public has a right to know," ...