Frankenfood

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This topic has been discussed on myLot before, but I thought it was time to mention it again since it has been brought to my attention that what seemed far in the future is now close upon us. Are you concerned about eating food(meat specifically) that has been tampered with genetically? I know that I am. Still, another question is do we have the right to demand that these products be labeled as such since it seems inevitable that they are about to be forced upon us? Don't we have the right to know what we're eating? I received this in a newsletter from Consumers Union today urging me to sign their petition -which I did gladly. Dear Kercelia, If the Wall Street bailout was hard to swallow, the government is preparing a Halloween trick that just may be impossible to stomach. The Food and Drug Administration is opening the way for grocery stores to sell food made from genetically engineered animals. And the agency is proposing that these products, called “Frankenfoods” by some, be sold to you without your knowledge. Sign our online petition demanding that food from genetically engineered animals be labeled. We have the right to know what we are eating! Genetically engineered animals are not a far-off, exotic concept. It’s happening right now. Goats are engineered with spider genes to produce silk in their milk. And pigs carry mouse and bacterial DNA to improve their digestion. The jury is still out on whether food from these animals is safe for humans or the environment. And the ethics of such changes have yet to be considered. The FDA says they will conduct a safety review before these foods can be sold for human consumption. But consumers won’t know if they’re buying genetically engineered food, because the agency isn’t going to require a label. We know what’s in the can of soup we buy because the label tells us. Shouldn’t we know if the meat we buy comes from a pig with another animal’s genes, or whether our milk has insect DNA in it? Sign our petition and show the FDA that Americans want to know what’s in their food! We have until Nov. 18 to collect signatures. Please forward this email on to others so they can sign too. Let’s stop this Halloween trick before it starts. Sincerely, Jean Halloran NotInMyFood.org A project of Consumers Union 101 Truman Ave. Yonkers, NY 10703