Callahan 1 Emilie Callahan Professor Szetela English 1010 28 October 2013 GMO Food Labeling: Yes or No?

Annotated Bibliography Linnekin, Baylen. The Problem with Federal Food-Labeling Laws. Reason.com. Reason Network, 10 August 2013. Web. 28 October 2013. The author approaches the food labeling discussion while talking about gluten free labeling. Baylen discusses the fact that it took the FDA 10 years to approve the gluten free labeling laws, only to leave consumers no better off seeing that gluten free is not necessarily gluten free. Linnekin also tackles the topics of all natural lawsuits. Currently, Mission (tortilla chips) and Chobani (greek yogurt) are being sued because both companies claim that they are all natural. Mission is in a law suit because some believe that a bioengineered seed doesnt account for all natural products, and Chobanis accusers say that because they use dyes made from fruits and vegetables that their product is not all natural. Hopkinson Jenny. The Battle Lines on Food Labeling. Politico. Politico.com, 8 October 2013. Web. 28 October 2013. Jenny Hopkinson writes about the progress made in Washington State for GMO food labeling laws. Washington is on the forefront of this debate with lobbyist there saying that the question isnt if the GMO laws will pass, but when they will. She also

Callahan 2 presents the companies, who would be subject to such laws, action plans if the GMO laws continue to gain more popularity. Plan number one is to campaign until they are blu in the face, and plan 2 is filing a law suit towards any states that pass such laws. Companies that could be subject to GMO laws argue that the food labeling laws are not only a violation of the first amendment, but also federal pre-emption. Leschin-Hoar Clare. Big Foods Proposed National Labeling Law for GMOs May Be Self-Serving. Take Part.com. Take Part Media, 26 September 2013. Web. 28 October 2013. Clare writes that the bigger companies, like General Mills, are campaigning for a national GMO law, in order to strategically avoid state-to-state labeling laws. The industry still dose not favor the GMO laws, but they want to discourage states from going any further. In addition, she states that if companies work towards a national law, they will fight for the weakest legislation possible while including that states cannot make stronger labeling guidelines. From the sound of Clares article, it also appears that the biggest push to create GMO laws is because of genetically modified food. Additionally, she states that currently there are a total of 18 states with GMO food labeling laws pending. Abrams Lindsay. Food industrys master plan to stop GMO labeling revealed. Salon. Salon.com. 8 November 2013. Web.10 November 2013. In Salons article, Abrams argues that the master plan of grocery and agriculture companies is to impede the development of GMO labeling laws at the federal level. She

Callahan 3 plainly states that the only reason the law did not recently pass in Washington state, is because such companies shelled out a whopping 22 million dollars. In addition, Lindsay believes that such a defeat was specific to Washington state, and the food companies will begin to spend their energy at the federal level to develop a law that would prohibit GMO labeling laws. Shen Aviva. Is GMO Labeling the Wrong Food fight? Think Progress.com. Think Progress. 9 November 2013. Web. 10 November 2013. Aviva Shen believes that it is possible that the GMO labeling laws could be the wrong fight for anti GMO advocates. Aviva thinks that the fight should be long before GMO foods hit the supermarket shelves. The fight begins on the field. Since organic foods can be cheaper than GM foods, Shen suggests that we should work with farmers to decrease GM products, since farmers are less than keen on GM seeds.

Barclay Eliza and Kaste Martin. Washington State Says No To GMO Labels. The Salt. Npr.com. 7 November 2013. Web. 10 November 2013. Eliza and Martin write about how GM food companies achieved their victory in Washington. The couple weeks before the voting, the television commercial war heated up, with companies like pepsi and nestle donating money to produce ads against the GMO labeling laws. Some of their most popular arguments were that the labeling laws would be confusing for consumers and cause an additional $350.00 to $400.00 cost in groceries a year.

Callahan 4 Priestly Frank. GMO Labeling: Good Policy or Blind Hysteria? Magic Valley.com. Times News. 10 November 2013. Web. 10 November 2013. Priestly discusses Whole foods Markets plan to label all their products by 2018, the validity of the labels they plan to place on their products. He describes them as a charade. Frank believes that if grocers like whole foods want to label the foods they sell, then that is their prerogative, but it should have nothing to do with a bureaucracy of government. The Non-GMO project should have nothing to do with the plans that Whole Foods is working on carrying out. Companies Against GMO Labeling. Inspiration Green. inspirationgreen.com. Web. 10 October 2013. Inspiration green, a clear component for GMO labeling laws, lists the companies that are for and against GMO labeling laws. They talk about the money donated against the labeling cause by big corporations, while pointing out the stake those companies have in organic companies. In the same breathe, inspiration green also promotes the healthy and organic brands that actually promote the GMO laws.

Badore Margaret. GMO Labeling Law defeated in Washington State. Tree Hugger. treehugger.com. 14 November 2013. Web. 15 November 2013. Margaret talks about how the defeat in Washington was a hollow loss. Even though the opposition one 52% to 48%, The controversy raised more awareness for the GMO labeling crusaders. People now know the dangers of GM foods, however, Badore

Callahan 5 neglected to bring up how citizens of the U.S. Now know that in allowing the GMO labeling laws to enact, their food bills will increase by $350.00 to $400.00 a year. Americans need to decide what is more important- health or money? Judging by our history, I think we know the answer to that question.

What Are We Eating. Label GMOs. Labelgmos.org. Web. 15 November 2013. In a Q&A format, Label GMOs website writes about the cons of eating dysgenic food, and the abhorrent fact that we eat it without the knowledge of it. They us the example of how some GE corn was engineered to have pesticides. What they dont tell you is that peanut butter that has not been modified has bugs in it anyway, so it does not really matter whether or not you eat the GE corn, you will be getting your daily does of insects anyway. They also use the peer pressure tactic while writing about all the countries who are currently maintaing laws the mandate all GMO products to be labeled.

Are Biotech Foods Safe to Eat. Web MD. Webmd.org. Web. 15 November 2013. Web MD talks about the facts of GM foods. According to their statistics, nearly 60% to 70% of all processed foods, sitting on your local grocers shelf is infected, if you will, with some type of GM ingredients. The folks at Web MD go as far to ask if Regulation is too soft? Similar to Think Progress article, they believe that the fight begins long before the products hit the shelf, in fact, they just might think that GM foods should not even exist.

Callahan 6 Works Cited Linnekin, Baylen. The Problem with Federal Food-Labeling Laws. Reason.com. Reason Network, 10 August 2013. Web. 28 October 2013.

Hopkinson Jenny. The Battle Lines on Food Labeling. Politico. Politico.com, 8 October 2013. Web. 28 October 2013.

Leschin-Hoar Clare. Big Foods Proposed National Labeling Law for GMOs May Be Self-Serving. Take Part.com. Take Part Media, 26 September 2013. Web. 28 October 2013.

Abrams Lindsay. Food industrys master plan to stop GMO labeling revealed. Salon. Salon.com. 8 November 2013. Web.10 November 2013.

Shen Aviva. Is GMO Labeling the Wrong Food fight? Think Progress.com. Think Progress. 9 November 2013. Web. 10 November 2013.

Barclay Eliza and Kaste Martin. Washington State Says No To GMO Labels. The Salt. Npr.com. 7 November 2013. Web. 10 November 2013.

Callahan 7 Priestly Frank. GMO Labeling: Good Policy or Blind Hysteria? Magic Valley.com. Times News. 10 November 2013. Web. 10 November 2013.

Companies Against GMO Labeling. Inspiration Green. inspirationgreen.com. Web. 10 October 2013.

Badore Margaret. GMO Labeling Law defeated in Washington State. Tree Hugger. treehugger.com. 14 November 2013. Web. 15 November 2013.

What Are We Eating. Label GMOs. Labelgmos.org. Web. 15 November 2013.

Are Biotech Foods Safe to Eat. Web MD. Webmd.org. Web. 15 November 2013.

Levaux Ari. The Very Real Danger of Genetically Modified Foods. 9 January 2012. Web. 15 November 2013.