Genetically Engineered Foods | The FDA Should Require Safety Testing and Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods
Kathleen Hart, author of Eating in the Dark, is a journalist who has written about health and the environment for more than fifteen years. She was editor of the Environmental Health Letter and covered agriculture and biotechnology for Food Chemical News.
Summary: It is estimated that by mid-1998, the FDA had allowed at least thirty-six gene-altered foods to enter the market without labels and without sufficient scientific study of their potential safety risks. The FDA has granted genetically engineered (GE) foods the status of GRAS, or...
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