【有文稿】英国开售GM Food

British store Marks & Spencer has been criticised for abandoning its policy and selling genetically modified food in their stores. M&S is selling 6 food products from other labels which contain genetically-modified soya or corn. Meanwhile, other stores have also been increasingly selling food products from brands such as Oreo, Reese and Hershey's. Last year, M&S, Tescos, Sainsburys and the COOP have all abandoned their pledge to ensure that animals providing meat and dairy products were not on a GM diet. At the same time there was a public outcry when it emerged that Tesco was stocking American Lucky Charms cereal, which is made from GM corn and contains artificial colours that the Food Standards Agency has linked to hyperactivity in young children. A free trade agreement that is being negotiated between the EU and the US is set to further open the door to American GM foods. --------------------------------------------------------- (JA) Tracy Madlener from thespectrum.com comments People need to realize that genetically engineered foods do NOT have any long term studies that prove that it's safe. 90 days is tops and the chemical farmers tells us, "No problem, it's safe, feed it to your kids, don't worry..." Wether GMOs are safe or not, it is being questioned. Why not label it? Not everybody is interested in being the chemical farmer's lab rat. (QD) HighDesertPioneer from youtube.com comments Look at government labeling of sex offenders. That doesn't work or protect anyone either. If someone is so dangerous they need a label why would we let them out of prison or why is the penalty not death for child molestation? Otherwise people have paid their debt to society and should go unhindered. Just a thought on the extreme of government labels. Just like government labeled "gun free zones". Security or liberty. And you can't guarantee security. (FA) The Choujin virus from youtube.com comments There's a great difference between Genetic Modification and Chemical laced. People seem to get that mixed up when they try to claim about DDT and Agent Orange (they were chemicals, NOT GMOs) or using Rat-Tumor research when it got dismissed by 6 french academic studies. People's lack of understanding commonly come from conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones or crackpot "health gurus" like Dr. Oz. In a sense, they never truly understood about the benefits, only the fear. (JA) Amelia Jordan from coloradoan.com comments All the companies that are pushing for labelling do not use GMOs, so really, this is a marketing war and not an issue of safety or information. Government mandated labels should only be used to convey safety and nutrition, and whether a product is made through genetic engineering or not has nothing to do with it's safety or nutrition. (QD) Jason Walsh from coloradoan.com comments I am always opposed to more government and more regulation but I want to know what is in the food I pay for. I can decide for myself if it is good to eat bad to eat or whatever. As for as the cost of labelling well it is not like we don't already put safety labels on everything so I don't worry too much about the cost. (FA) phillipa from dailymail.co.uk comments It's simple.Read the labels,know the products.....and DON'T BUY THEM! M&S FOOD IS OVERPRICED AND OVERRATED ANYWAY....AND VERY FATTENING.