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Article: Genetic engineering of foodstuffs sows debate over labeling; Advocates of labeling say not enough is known about the effects of biotechnology.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- October 18, 1999
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1/3 Down a cola, an order of fries or a veggie burger these days, and the odds are high that you're swallowing the harvest of genetically engineered plants. Even the syrup that's used to sweeten the soft drink is likely to have come from corn enhanced with genes that fight insects in the field.
Should those beverages and foods carry labels saying that is so? A long-simmering debate over that question is coming to a head in Congress as well as at the upcoming World Trade Organization talks, at which rules for global trade will be discussed.
One camp argues that a broad new labeling law makes no sense because the food isn't that unusual - many of ...
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