Follow Up On AMA’s Position Regarding The labeling Of GMO
This post originally appeared on Food Politics, an Atlantic partner site.
The AMA says that policies on GM foods:
should continue to be science-based and guided by the characteristics of the plant or animal, its intended use, and the environment into which it is to be introduced, not by the method used to produce it, in order to facilitate comprehensive, efficient regulatory review.
And it says,
there is no scientific justification for special labeling of bioengineered foods, as a class, and that voluntary labeling is without value unless it is accompanied by focused consumer education.
Mestel quotes a statement e-mailed to her from AMA board member Dr. Patrice Harris:
The science-based labeling policies of the FDA do not support special product labeling without evidence of material differences between bioengineered foods and their traditional counterparts. The AMA adopted policy supporting this science-based approach, recognizing that there currently is no evidence that there are material differences or safety concerns in available bioengineered foods.
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