Author
arthur
this is an expanded piece on the FDA and Biotechnology
Blurb: Last week, the FDA released a new report on consumer concern with biotechnology. Arthur Foelsche from the Free Media Network spoke with Brian Tokar about the anouncement and the Bush administration's relationship with the biotechnology industry.
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The Food and Drug Administration released a study last week which indicates that American consumers want mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods and feel "outrage" when they learn how many supermarket products already are produced through biotechnology.
The FDA's internal report, which was commissioned by the agency to gauge sentiment about its proposals for voluntary labeling, said that consumers are concerned about possible long-term environmental and health effects of genetically modifed foods.
The report said, quote: "The typical reaction of participants was not one of great concern about the immediate health and safety effects of unknowingly eating bioengineered foods, but rather outrage that such a change in the food supply could happen without them knowing about it."
arthur foelsche, from the free media network, spoke with biotechnology activist Brian Tokar, author of the forth coming book: "redesigning life:
This report relased by the FDA comes on the heels of a major inciedent involving the safety of bioengineered corn. A type of genetically engineered corn unfit for human consumption, known as "starlink" was found in Taco Bell food products. With genetically modified ingreedients showing up in more than 60% of processed foods, public concern over