Exciting News About Genetically Modified Foods

The DARK act (Deny Americans the Right to Know) was a proposed law that would have kept the American publicfrom knowing whether or not the food they were buyingwas made of genetically modified foods. Monsanto andother companies vested in the production of GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) foods promoted this bill very strongly and quite frankly, I didn’t think there was any way it wasn’t going to pass with all the money that Monsanto has to throw at politicians.

If passed it would have prevented you from being able to know whether or not a food you were eating was GMO contaminated or not.

The unbelievable news is that the bill failed. Apparently, hiding what’s in their food is distasteful to a majority of Americans. Undoubtedly the major reason for the failure was the outpouring of objections from the public. If any of you participated in that effort, I want to publicly thank you for that effort. THANK YOU! This is a new reality that I didn’t think would ever happen.

But that’s not all. There’s more good news.

Just recently President Obama signed a new law to replace the DARK act that requires all food labels to declare for the first time if the product contains any GMO ingredients. But there’s a little rub to this new law. Just how manufacturers make the declaration can be less than perfectly clear.

Besides simply stating on the label that the food contains GMO contamination, companies can also opt for less obvious disclosure.

They also can instead fulfill this requirement by putting a QR code on the package or giving an 800 number or website that consumers will have to call or visit to find out if
the product has GMO ingredients. And because of the very negative opinion the public has for GMO foods, I have a feeling the manufacturers using them are going to go out of their way to make it as difficult as they can for the consumer to know that their product is GMO contaminated.

So as usual, I have a completely logical solution to this potential dilemma.

I don’t know about you, but there’s no way that I am going to scan bar codes, call phone numbers, or go to websites simply to find out whether or not the product I might want to buy is contaminated with GMO foods or not. Who has this much time? Instead, I’m going to keep it real simple. If the food does not clearly state that it’s GMO free, I’m not going to buy it. Period. More and more companies are starting to do this. So I don’t think I’m going to have too many problems finding safe foods to eat.

Yours for better health,

Dr. Jack Belitz, DC