The Importance of Food Labeling
The Importance of Food Labeling
It’s Important that food producers label foods so that people can choose to avoid irradiated or genetically modified food. Also, food labeling is crucial to people with certain food allergies. Some foods are irradiated to clear foods of food-borne diseases and provide support for unsafe factory farming practices. When food is genetically modified the food is engineered with different strains of DNA mixed with different proteins and unnatural chemicals which lead to different health risks. Food labeling is also important because it informs consumers about the certain ingredients in processed foods that some people are allergic to.
Labeling foods that have been modified trough genetic engineering let’s people know that their food has been genetically altered. Genetic Engineering involves the embedding of different strains of DNA and the bringing together of a variety of bacteria and unnatural chemicals. There is still a lot of unknown risks about the effects of consuming food that has been genetically modified because scientists have not examined it enough Genetically Modified). There are However some studies that show some foods that are genetically engineered have potential to create new allergies that can be deadly. For example, when a gene from a soybean is mixed with genes from other plants and bacteria, a new protein is created, and the protein can set of reactions in the human body because the crops with herbicides that leave behind a residue that is consumed with the crops, According to a report in 2004 by the Institute for Responsible Technology, the effects of consuming genetically modified soybean crops sprayed with herbicides involved people developing “irritable bowl syndrome, digestion problems chronic fatigue, headaches, lethargy, and skin complaints, including acne and eczema, all related to soy consumption. It is also possible that glyphosate’s breakdown product AMPA, which accumulates in GM soybeans after each
It’s Important that food producers label foods so that people can choose to avoid irradiated or genetically modified food. Also, food labeling is crucial to people with certain food allergies. Some foods are irradiated to clear foods of food-borne diseases and provide support for unsafe factory farming practices. When food is genetically modified the food is engineered with different strains of DNA mixed with different proteins and unnatural chemicals which lead to different health risks. Food labeling is also important because it informs consumers about the certain ingredients in processed foods that some people are allergic to.
Labeling foods that have been modified trough genetic engineering let’s people know that their food has been genetically altered. Genetic Engineering involves the embedding of different strains of DNA and the bringing together of a variety of bacteria and unnatural chemicals. There is still a lot of unknown risks about the effects of consuming food that has been genetically modified because scientists have not examined it enough Genetically Modified). There are However some studies that show some foods that are genetically engineered have potential to create new allergies that can be deadly. For example, when a gene from a soybean is mixed with genes from other plants and bacteria, a new protein is created, and the protein can set of reactions in the human body because the crops with herbicides that leave behind a residue that is consumed with the crops, According to a report in 2004 by the Institute for Responsible Technology, the effects of consuming genetically modified soybean crops sprayed with herbicides involved people developing “irritable bowl syndrome, digestion problems chronic fatigue, headaches, lethargy, and skin complaints, including acne and eczema, all related to soy consumption. It is also possible that glyphosate’s breakdown product AMPA, which accumulates in GM soybeans after each
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