Eating in the Dark

If food manufacturers think we'll stop eating foods that we know are genetically modified, maybe they shouldn't sell them

Tired of waiting for legislators to mandate a label for genetically engineered foods, a grocery store in Bellingham, Wash., Terra Organica and Bargainica, has began making its own. Stephen Trinkaus

I’m sick of writing about labeling genetically engineered foods.

I’m sick of it because there’s really [only] one thing to say, and I’ve said it before: Americans have a right to know how their food is produced. Period.

The fact is that most processed food in the supermarket is genetically engineered. That means it includes ingredients that have genes from other species inserted in their DNA. Nearly every single American has eaten genetically engineered foods, but many of us don’t know it.

Does it matter? That’s up to each individual.

The pushback against labeling genetically engineered foods is simply an admission by manufacturers that we wouldn't want to eat their food if we knew what they were putting in it.