From it’s emergence, biotech foods have been debated constantly with proponents saying that the biotech product is no different than the natural, and the opponents saying that we don’t know the dangers of these biotech products.
So far, the companies and the FDA have both determined the biotech foods on the market to be harmless to people and to have several advantages. This clearly shows the advantages that the biotech food would bring to the table (no pun intended), yet the opponents continue to say that there should be labeling for what are biotech foods and what aren’t. Not only would these labels scare the public, for the public often thinks of such labels as warnings, but it would be very costly to the company and this cost would then be passed onto the consumer with increased prices. Though labeling all biotech foods would be a bad and costly idea, it would still be advantageous to have certain foods labeled, but only if they had different nutritional facts than the natural product. This does not mean that it has to be labeled for being the smallest amount off, but rather, if it is a significant amount off, or an amount that could affect someone’s health, then the product should be labeled. If it would have no real effect then the biotech food should not have to be labeled.
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I think that the labels being proposed aren't specific labels that would be plastered all over the containers, as it appears you are arguing against; this makes your argument seem extremely biased. Saying that "these labels scare the public" seems very condescending and elitist; not everyone is stupid. When you say that it is a "bad and costly idea", you give no evidence as to how this is true. I can see that your argument has holes like Swiss cheese.
It said label what foods are biotech, so they are plastered all over the container and yes it would be costly considering how much food is produced and having to create special "biotech" labels for all of those?
And i think it said labels like that would scare the public in the book, though i'm not too sure about that.
A special label would not have to be created; writing would just have to be added to the existing label. Nowhere does anyone mention labels being "plastered all over the container"; this would truly be unnecessary and extremely inefficient. And if it said that in the book, it was an argument similar to your position. A
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