I am all for healthy eating, knowing what is in my food and what I'm buying, where it comes from, and having a choice in what I feed my children. So with California paving the way, as it does so often for the rest of the country, when a badly drafted initiative such as Prop 37 is on the ballot, I feel the need to voice my two cents.
As Californian's, we should not settle for the way Prop 37 is written.
This prop has good intentions but is very poorly written. Why does this prop contain so many exemptions? For instance, Prop 37 exempts milk, cheese and meat from its labeling requirements although cows, pigs and chicken are fed GE grains.
Proposition 37 would require mandatory labeling of Genetically Engineered foods and
if Prop 37 passes, foods that will be required to be labeled as "Genetically Engineered", even if they have no level of a GE ingredient, include:
Labeled Exempt from Labeling
fruit juice....................................................but beer, wine and liquor=Exempt
canned soup from a grocery store...............but the same soup bought as 'to go' or at a restaurant=Exempt
Soy milk.....................................................but cow's milk and dairy products, eggs, poultry=Exempt
snack food from the store............................but same snack food sold at a snack bar=Exempt
cookies and candy made in USA.................but fortune cookies and candy from China=Exempt
And here's a Biggy....
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As Californian's, we should not settle for the way Prop 37 is written.
This prop has good intentions but is very poorly written. Why does this prop contain so many exemptions? For instance, Prop 37 exempts milk, cheese and meat from its labeling requirements although cows, pigs and chicken are fed GE grains.
Proposition 37 would require mandatory labeling of Genetically Engineered foods and
if Prop 37 passes, foods that will be required to be labeled as "Genetically Engineered", even if they have no level of a GE ingredient, include:
Labeled Exempt from Labeling
fruit juice....................................................but beer, wine and liquor=Exempt
canned soup from a grocery store...............but the same soup bought as 'to go' or at a restaurant=Exempt
Soy milk.....................................................but cow's milk and dairy products, eggs, poultry=Exempt
snack food from the store............................but same snack food sold at a snack bar=Exempt
cookies and candy made in USA.................but fortune cookies and candy from China=Exempt
And here's a Biggy....
