The following letter to the editor originally appeared in the New York Times in the fall of 2008 in response to the October 4, 2008 editorial "Coming to a Plate Near You":
To the Editor:
What is especially troubling about the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to consider commercializing genetically modified animals is that consumers currently have no way of knowing which products sold in stores are, or contain, genetically modified organisms.
If the F.D.A. is going to introduce genetically engineered fish and beef into supermarkets, then transparency must extend to labeling. Regardless of whether the agency determines that the new organisms are safe, we have a right to the information that will enable us to choose whether we want to buy them.
Alissa A. Hamilton
Toronto, Oct. 5, 2008
Letter to the Editor: The F.D.A. and Engineered Food
The following letter to the editor originally appeared in the New York Times in the fall of 2008 in response to the October 4, 2008 editorial "Coming to a Plate Near You":
To the Editor:
What is especially troubling about the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to consider commercializing genetically modified animals is that consumers currently have no way of knowing which products sold in stores are, or contain, genetically modified organisms.
If the F.D.A. is going to introduce genetically engineered fish and beef into supermarkets, then transparency must extend to labeling. Regardless of whether the agency determines that the new organisms are safe, we have a right to the information that will enable us to choose whether we want to buy them.
Alissa A. Hamilton
Toronto, Oct. 5, 2008
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