December 9, 2011

Biotech Food Labeling Is Anti-Scientific

H. Miller & G. Conko, Forbes


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Should the government require that labels on cans of marinara sauce contain information about whether the tomatoes in it were hand- or machine-picked?   No way!  Ridiculous and irrelevant, you’d say.  Right on all counts.  But that label makes as little sense as the demands of food activist and Forbes contributor Michelle Maisto.

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TAGGED: food labels, genetically modified crops, genetically modified food, genetically modified organisms, anti-science

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