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GMOs (genetically modified organisms) are created through biotechnology, also called genetic engineering. What are GMOs? DNA is altered artificially in a lab with genes from other plants, animals, viruses or bacteria to produce foreign compounds. GMOs cannot occur in nature.

Right to know what we buy and eat Transparency More information to help choose and decide

Grocery foods that would be labeled GE salmon GE sweet corn GE papaya Baby formula, cereal, corn chips and tortillas, soy milk, canola oil, candy, soda pop

An I-522 label: “Partially produced with genetic engineering.”

GE salmon FDA: a “new animal drug” No data: growth hormones or IGF-1 hormone Increased allergic potential Less omega-3 “good fat”

Industry determines whether products are safe No long-term health studies conducted Do not require FDA approval “Substantially equivalent” means no testing for toxins, mutagens, carcinogens, immune system damage, new allergens American Medical Association: “should require safety assessments” Current regulatory loopholes

GE foods are different Safety assessments required Global consensus

Washington wheat $1.14 billion Washington apples $824 million Washington wild salmon $123 million

Mixed supply chain is costly ~ $12 Billion lost - lower crop prices - lost exports - subsidies - product recalls Starlink Corn cost $1 B Liberty Link Rice cost $1 B

Companies re-label often … … without raising food prices No changes in food costs from labeling in Europe. - Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, European Parliament.

Transparency You choose. You decide.

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