Should GMO label be on GMO food?

Should GMO label be on GMO food?

         
           Every store a person walks into will at least finds foods that contains at least an ingredient that made out of generic modified organism (GMO). With public awareness these days, more people started to questioned whether that GMO made food should be clearly label what origin is it. The answer is yes because of two reasons: some people will wanted to know what they’re eating and, if specific GMO food started to produce side effect, investigations can be easier. 

          
          GMO foods have been in supermarkets for a very long time and in many of the shelves too. An example of this is a Missouri based company called Monsanto. Not many people heard of this company but their effect on many North American is huge. People who understand how modern process food is made will know that most process food is usually made out of corn or soybean. 90%    of those seed grown in North America are genetically modified, 70% of process food are made out of those seeds, and Monsanto control 90% of those seeds through patent right. In other words, products such as tofu, soy milk, or anything with high fructose corn syrup contains GMO ingredient. GMO have been studied for decade and had been a big part in modern human life such as genetic modified tomatoes that are in our shelf since the 1980s.

   

          Some people is picky on what they eat. If a person chooses to eat healthily, they’re generally healthy. Some people out there are strongly against by the idea that human is “changing” how nature works. Some people fear that food that are modified is bad for health since those product are not natural. For this situation labels becomes very important. People who tried to avoid GMO food can clearly separate the food they wanted to buy or not wanted to buy. Not only the label can separate the GMO food to other food, it can also help it the other way. 

          
          Regulators and many scientists said that the GMO product is safe and poses no danger. This doesn’t mean that GMO product is a hundred percent safe. GMO food is a process that alters the code of a cell. This procedure can result in mutations, making these products not a hundred percent safe. If a consumer comes downs with a GMO related sickness, they can’t identified which product they eat resulting their sickness. With a label they can easily identify which product that they suspect the most which can result an investigation on that product. With a label identify product that is not safe for human consumption.

          In conclusion, even GMO food is proven safe, some people don’t like food being modify or that some people just wanted GMO food be labeled. Some people is more strict on their diet will wanted to know what kind of food they’re eating and where the GMO food started to turn “bad,” investigation can be made. GMO food isn’t bad in any way but adding a label on it guarantees its safety.