Environmental Working Group – Without mandatory GMO labeling, consumers will not be able to reflect their values in their food choices.
That’s one conclusion of an expert panel convened by the National Academy of Sciences to assess the genetic engineering of crops. The panel released its report this morning.
Without mandatory GMO labeling, the authors found, “consumers would not know whether the product contained GE ingredients and so would be deprived of the ability to make an informed choice about each product. Mandatory labeling provides the opportunity for consumers to make their own personal risk-benefit decisions.”