BF2S Forums Would you eat genetically altered food if it was labeled as such?

I'd bet at least 50% here already do and don't know it.

I'm fairly certain if foodstuff is genetically modified it is required by law to be labeled as such.

To answer the question, maybe.  I make a deliberate effort to eat as fresh and natural food as I can but I make exceptions all the time.

Last edited by KEN-JENNINGS (2008-12-23 20:27:44)

Everything is genetically modified when you think about it. As soon as they start farming they only plant successful crops. Cows are bred with other cows to give more milk, meat, etc.

There's nothing wrong with genetically modified crops via the lab, either.

TheAussieReaper wrote:

Everything is genetically modified when you think about it. As soon as they start farming they only plant successful crops. Cows are bred with other cows to give more milk, meat, etc.

There's nothing wrong with genetically modified crops via the lab, either.

I think he was alluding to a common idea of genetically modified foods (as in crops being manipulated at the genetic level), so that's what I'll go with.

There is nothing inherently wrong with GM crops, except for companies patenting specific types of seed then essentially creating a system of indentured servitude whereby: you always order your seed from the company, must order the specific pesticide from that same company (because the seed you order is specifically made to resist that pesticide), then be forced to do so again and again due to the great patented process of not allowing the plant to produce seeds. 

Then there is the idea that a company could sue an outside party for illegally owning and/or growing patented crops due to cross-pollination simply for growing crops near GM crops.

Last edited by KEN-JENNINGS (2008-12-23 20:45:10)

I for one, would not...

But I am pretty sure that I have at some point without knowing
though danish laws are very restrictive about it :]