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Genetically Modified Crops Feed Ongoing Controversy
Charles Marwick
JAMA. 2000;283:188-190.
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Washington—The protests and demonstrations against genetically modified (GM) agricultural products that have been taking place in Europe for a year—and in Seattle, Wash, in connection with the meeting of the World Trade Organization recently—are making an impact on US seed producers, farmers, and food processors.
Congress is taking notice. Rep Dennis J. Kucinich (D, Ohio) has introduced legislation requiring that GM products be labeled as such. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding a series of hearings on the labeling issue, while the European Union has approved legislation requiring its 15 member countries to begin labeling foods that have GM ingredients.
The resistance in Europe to GM organisms (GMOs) is making US producers and suppliers wary of expanding the technology. Archer Daniels Midland Co is asking farmers to identify their GMOs so that only nonmodified crops can be sold in Europe. Likewise, Heinz and Gerber, . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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