Source – Genetic Literacy Project
By Sarah Fecht
Date – 14 March 2014
Website – www.geneticliteracyproject.org
When Whole Foods announced it will require all of the products on its shelves to have their GMO contents labeled by 2018, the company framed it as an issue of transparency. ”People have the right to know what is in their food,” said Whole Foods co-CEO John Mackey, quoting the favorite catchphrase of GMO labeling activists. Unfortunately, GMO labeling is likely to achieve exactly the opposite of transparency.
First, it’s worth noting that there’s nothing altruistic about the store’s new policy…
No, we silly Consumers will continue to blindly buy products from companies that maintain the labeling, and not from those who don’t. Yes, we’re just silly enough to buy online from other sources, if the store here locally doesn’t get with the program. Lesson? Hide Gm Material ALL you want…but it’s going to cost you…BIG TIME!