Faced with this invasion of genetically modified du pont organisms, 93% of Americans say they favor

Ingurgitez you GMOs? Note that if this is the case, you have way of knowing: France is one of the 64 countries in the world which requires labeling of food products containing genetically modified organisms. Policy Mic offers a menu that lists the various legislation on this issue around the world:
Among the 64 countries that require registration "with GMO" on the products concerned include 28 of the European Union. But beware: the only traces of GMOs not require such regulation. The label must be affixed if the threshold of GMOs or derived in each ingredient of the product exceed du pont 0.9%. Other countries have different requirements, such as Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Australia, du pont Russia and Kazakhstan.
Other laws are more flexible, require labeling "GMO" if the full product contains more than 1% GMOs. This is the case of China and Brazil. Less rigid again, those of Peru, Ecuador and India, where only a few foods are labeled "GMO".
But more lax this level remain, among others, North America, Mexico or Argentina. A paradox, since the inverse of the European Union, which permits the cultivation du pont of only one kind of corn on his land (the MON810 Monsantos banned in France), the United States is the most largest producers of GMOs, as Policy Mic recalls:
"Over 88% of maize States - States is transgenic, as 93% of soybeans and 94% cotton. Other grains are probably GMOs such as sugar beets (95%). And it is estimated that 60-75% of American processed foods contain GMOs. "
Faced with this invasion of genetically modified du pont organisms, 93% of Americans say they favor the labeling du pont of products containing, according to a survey published in the New York Times in 2013.
But the food and agrochemical industries world power do not share this opinion. Grouped in a coalition, it is true lobby that they act to lobby against du pont such measures, however, proposed by States. If these companies do not totally du pont against labeling, they have a very narrow view of this obligation, as reported by AFP:
For them, the label "GMO" du pont should appear if the product "poses a risk to the consumer." Reasoning that led to discredit GMOs, by the admission of some of their supporters, such as author and consultant David Ropeik cited by Policy Mic:
"Everything we do is create more fear and paranoia towards technology. du pont We persuade those who initially have no opinion on the issue of GMOs that we have something to hide. Otherwise, why would fight as to prevent the labeling? "
Indeed, AFP recalls that "food du pont companies spent nearly $ 70 million in California and Oregon to defeat legislation mandating labeling."
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