gerdbonk
Penultimate Amazing
Trebuchet
Penultimate Amazing
Legal requirement? I can't see any other reason.
I am not certain that commercial potato chips are a food, so the bag may not officially be food packaging.
More seriously I suspect that one or more of the oils were genetically engineered plants, rather than the potatoes themselves. Most genetic engineering of food does not worry me in the least. But I think it is fair enough that it is listed in the ingredients.
Trebuchet
Penultimate Amazing
There are, in fact, new regulations coming but this article says 2020.
And, perhaps more to the point, here's an old article about Pepsico (which includes Frito-Lay) adding labels.
theprestige
Penultimate Amazing
Lots of companies put kosher labels on their products, even though there's no legal requirement to do so.
But in this case it seems there's a Vermont law requiring it, and some companies have decided to keep it simple and use the same labeling nationwide.
Armitage72
Philosopher
It's a lot easier to just have one label and not worry about shipping the right label to the right state. For example, products sold outside California often have the California Proposition 65 warning. The company I work for puts ingredient lists on industrial cleaning product labels that comply with the worker Right to Know requirements in a handful of states, regardless of where they're actually sold.
rjh01
Gentleman of leisure
Here is some bad news for those that want to avoid Genetic Engineered food. Just about all the food you can buy has been genetically altered from the wild versions. And I am not talking small stuff here. Broccoli and cauliflower came from the same wild plant. The corn you eat is nothing like what wild corn is.
So you want to stick to meat? Domesticated farm animals are nothing like their wild animals. Sheep need to have their wool removed or they suffer badly. Dogs were bred from wolfs.
So you want to stick to meat? Domesticated farm animals are nothing like their wild animals. Sheep need to have their wool removed or they suffer badly. Dogs were bred from wolfs.
Red Baron Farms
Philosopher
Why the fascination with equivocation fallacies? People at this site are smart enough to understand basic English words and contexts.
Genetic engineering is not the same as selective breeding. D'oh
rjh01
Gentleman of leisure
Same result. Just different methods.
Red Baron Farms
Philosopher
Oh really?
Explain how this happens with selective breeding.
Goodbye to Golden Rice? GM Trait Leads to Drastic Yield Loss and “Metabolic Meltdown”
novaphile
Quester of Doglets
In this case I'd be betting on GE canola.
gerdbonk
Penultimate Amazing
Why are you referencing an article by Allison Wilson, with quotes from Jonathan Latham, on the anti-GMO website they founded? The couple are notorious propagandists who cherrypick and misinterpret legitimate science findings as well as republish nonsense from other pseudoscience and anti-GMO organizations.
Mojo
Mostly harmless
Some recent research suggests that much opposition to GM food may be ill-informed: https://www.theguardian.com/environ...entific-ignorance-fuels-extremist-views-study
Red Baron Farms
Philosopher
Actually I think Dr. Wilson did an excellent job describing the meaning of Bollinedi et al. 2017. Her article was certainly fact based and does explain to people why all these years later we still are no closer to an actual significant golden rice crop.
But should you take offense that I myself was being biased by only presenting a GMO failure, the point could just as easily be made by asking how could the very highly successful Papaya GMO was supposed to be done with selective breeding?
How GMO Technology Saved the Papaya
catsmate
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No it is a far superior and safer route.
Red Baron Farms
Philosopher
No actually it has some advantages in certain very simplified situations, but regarding complex traits like yields, flavor etc.. it is far inferior to conventional breeding techniques.
alfaniner
Penultimate Amazing
I think the term is going to need a rebranding soon.
It would be nice to know what the purpose of the GE was -- preservation, yield, taste, etc.? I'm sure California's getting right on that for label laws.
It would be nice to know what the purpose of the GE was -- preservation, yield, taste, etc.? I'm sure California's getting right on that for label laws.
Red Baron Farms
Philosopher
It's the cooking oils. Lays uses corn canola and/or sunflower oils
almost all corn oil is GMO and a pretty big % of canola is GMO and only the sunflower is completely GMO free. The oils are herbicide resistant BT GMOs. Does nothing to the taste it only changes the way it is grown.
Herbicide resistant GMOs like roundup ready allow more spraying of pesticides and BT reduces pesticide use.