1. LABELING OF GMO’s
Lilly Freeland, Samantha Wu, Chhayleng Touch, Connie Duncan, Silvana La Torre, Stephanie Leong, Brian Douglas

2. WHAT ARE GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS?
GMOs are a branch of bioengineering.
AKA genetically modified foods (GM) and genetically engineered foods (GE).
GMOs are animal and plant genes that have been engineered to express chosen traits.
Resistance to insect, herbicides or harsh environmental conditions, improved product shelf life, and increased nutritional value.
There are only two traits that have shown commercial success: herbicide and insect resistance.
Monsanto, DuPont/Pioneer, Syngenta, and Dow/Mycogen market GM foods.
FDA oversee the GM food, but it is voluntary

3. HISTORY OF GMOs Paul Berg generates recombinant DNA in 1972.
First commercial cultivation of genetically modified plants in 1996
FlavrSavr tomato is the 1st commercial GM food.
There are 50 GM crops on the market in the US but not all are allowed for sale

4. Golden rice Vitamin A/ beta-carotene FlavrSavr tomato Last longer
Benefit
Golden rice
Vitamin A/ beta-carotene
FlavrSavr tomato
Last longer

5. Environmental impact weeds
new, more virulent or more widely spread viruses
potentially toxic substances may affect birds or deer
difficult to predict impact on ecosystem
crop diversity
short lifespan and resistance
introducing allergen and increase toxin level

6. Background on Labeling GMOs
1992 FDA published “Statement of Policy: Foods Derived from New Plant Varieties” aka the 1992 Policy.
Does not require labeling of BT foods
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act aka The Act
Section 403 governs labeling of foods
Section 403(a)(1) misbranding labeling if it is false or misleading.
Section 201(n) Info on how labels can be misleading

7. Background on Labeling GMOs
1993 Concern about the labeling guidelines
50,000 written comments
1999 Three public meetings announced to address:
Current approaches and experience in past 5 years regarding BT foods.
Gather different view points if the 1992 policy should be modified.
Determine methods of conveying info to public about BT foods in the food supply.

8. Verdict
The agency is still not aware of any data or any other information that would form a basis for concluding that the fact that a food or its ingredients was produced using bioengineering is a material fact that must be disclosed under sections 403(a) and 201(n) of the Act.
No changes to 1992 Policy.
Guidance on VOLUNTARY LABELING

9. Click on title above to link to video: “Bernie Sanders
Goes after Monsanto”

10. CURRENT POLICY ON LABELING GMO’s IN THE US
The FDA requires labeling of GE foods IF the food has a significantly different nutritional property.
For ex: A company would have to label a peanut protein in a soy product.
60-70% of foods in grocery stores have at least one genetically engineered ingredient.
Connie

11. WHAT COUNTRIES ARE IMPLEMENTING AND WHY?
In Europe all food products containing more than 0.9% GMO are labeled.
Committee for Independent information and research on genetic engineering and the laboratory of biochemistry in France did a study that found GMO corn and soybean cause liver and renal disease in rats as well as numerous tumors.
Connie

13. Proposition 37 The long form summary appears as,
• Requires labeling on raw or processed food offered for sale to consumers if made from plants or animals with genetic material changed in specified ways.
• Prohibits labeling or advertising such food, or other processed food, as “natural.”
• Exempts foods that are: certified organic; unintentionally produced with
genetically engineered material; made from animals fed or injected with
genetically engineered material but not genetically engineered themselves;
processed with or containing only small amounts of genetically engineered
ingredients; administered for treatment of medical conditions; sold for immediate
consumption such as in a restaurant; or alcoholic beverages.

14. Evidence
Numerous short-term peer-reviewed animal studies link GMOs to adverse health effects including allergies and liver and kidney problems.
Massive studies in rats Fed GMO’S corn in first ever long-term study.
Read the study here:

15. IF PROP 37 PASSES
Will join the over 50 other countries that already require labeling for GMO’s
Foods will no longer be labeled as "natural"
Funds from the state will increase to regulate genetically engineered foods
Everyone will know what they are eating
Stephanie

16. IF PROP 37 PASSES
If it passes in CA, then the hope is that the rest of the states in the country will follow
Monsanto would no longer be able to hide what is in their foods
Farmers will also have a right to plant what they want
Some major food corporations will suffer due to the fact that their foods could be labeled as having GMO’s
Stephanie

17. IMPACT IF PROP 37 IS NOT SUPPORTED
The public remain unaware of what is in their food regarding GMO’s
Other states may not try at all
Some companies voluntarily label
Food choices remain the same unless self- educated
No informed decisions

18. LONG TERM LAB TESTING
Previous testing done over 90 day period on rats---no significant health changes
In-house testing
Journal of Food & Chemical Toxicology
French study sounding alarm in Europe and Russia
after 90 days and up to two years
Mammary tumors, liver and kidney impairment, infertility, endocrine system disruption
Why should that matter?

19. IMPACTS CONTINUED… Ties back into informed decisions
Regardless of position
Health outcomes uncertain
Precautionary principle
Russia and France- moratorium on all Monsanto GMO corn until further evidence
Not everyone is a food expert

20. YES ON 37
Over 2,100 businesses and professionals have endorsed Prop 37 including a broad range of consumers, farms and environmental and health advocates.

21. Donors to NO ON 37 Abbott Nutrition BASF Plant Science
Bayer CropScience
Bimbo Bakeries USA
Bumble Bee Foods, LLC
Bunge North America, Inc.
C. H. Guenther & Son, Inc.
Campbell Soup Company
Cargill, Inc.
Clement Pappas & Company, Inc.
Clorox Company
Coca-Cola North America
ConAgra Foods
Council for Biotechnology Information
CropLife America
Dole Packaged Foods Company
Dow AgroSciences LLC
E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.
General Mills, Inc.
Grocery Manufacturers Association
H.J. Heinz Company
Hero North America
Hershey Company
Hirzel Canning Company
Hormel Foods Corporation
House-Autry Mills, Inc.
Idahoan Foods, LLC
Inventure Foods, Inc.
Kellogg Company
Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.
Kraft Foods Global, Inc.
Land O’Lakes, Inc.
McCain Foods USA, Inc.
McCormick & Company, Inc.
Monsanto Company
Nestle USA, Inc.
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
PepsiCo, Inc.
Pinnacle Foods Group LLC
Reily Foods Company
Rich Products Corporation
Richelieu Foods, Inc.
Sara Lee Corporation
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Solae, LLC
Sunny Delight Beverages Company
Syngenta Corporation
The J.M. Smucker Company
Tri-Cal Inc.
Vroom
Ware

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