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Claimant's opinion: Disregarding the people’s right to information about what is in their food.
Great Ken. I have mixed feelings on the safety of GMO's. I avoid them to be safe when possible. But the right to know is undeniable. Great to see higher levels of science being applied to this important topic.
As a physician, educator, and one who has written about and spoken nationally at professional meetings about food safety issues, I have reviewed the data on GM salmon and concerned that the FDA has not adequately assessed the potential adverse environmental and human health consequences of GM salmon approval. I agree with the suggested change of policy to label GM salmon, so that consumers can know how their food is produced and make their own choices regarding what to consume.
Details of my involvement in, and copies of my articles and slide shows on GM foods can be found on the Food Safety/Food Justice page of the Public Health and Social Justice website.
http://www.publichealthandsocialjustice.org
http://www.phsj.org
martindonohoe@phsj.org
Labeling of genetically engineered food is a commonsense precautionary measure in the face of scientific uncertainty. Therefore, the outdated policy position the FDA took over 24 years ago should be revised. There is no scientific consensus on GMO safety; in fact, the American Medical Association adopted new policy in 2012 recommending the U.S. government require safety testing of of all GMO food before it is marketed: http://www.ensser.org/increasing-public-information/no-scientific-consensus-on-gmo-safety/. Furthermore, the unintended effects of genetic engineering documented in the scientific literature are not disputable: http://natureinstitute.org/nontarget/browse_titles.htm Even so, proving that genetically engineered salmon is harmful is not necessary in order to require mandatory labeling before it is sold for human consumption. The U.S. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C) prohibits the misbranding of food articles, which includes if a label is "misleading." The FD&C defines misleading to include a failure to "reveal facts material" about a food product. Whether their food is genetically engineered is clearly of material importance to American consumers: a New York Times poll conducted in 2013 found that 93% of Americans favor GMO labeling: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/science/strong-support-for-labeling-modified-foods.html?_r=0
The rise of food allergies and autoimmune illness is very concerning. The EpiPen controversy is a controversy precisely because of the ubiquity of life-threatening allergies. We don't know why allergy rates have risen so much - it certainly can't be entirely attributed to the rise of GE crops and food - but that is all the more reason to be extremely cautious.
I understand selective breeding, but cross-breeding (sometimes using genes from completely different species such as fish and vegetables) in a lab without giving nature a chance to say 'nope, doesn't work' does not make sense to me.
I eat salmon frequently, both at home - where I can choose my sources - and in restaurants, where I usually cannot. Food fraud is rampant as it is. If GE salmon isn't labelled, I certainly won't order salmon in restaurants any more.
Furthermore, because I don't trust that GE salmon won't contaminate the non-GE supply, I will probably also stop buying salmon to cook at home.
That is the bottom line.
I believe that the entire salmon industry could suffer from this.
Genetic engineering must not be confused with cross-breeding. Genetic engineering is performed outside the the natural reproductive context, by violating barriers that prevent the combining of genes from different species.
Absolutely. Great way of putting it.
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