Spokane Food Blog

Will the US FDA guidance on regulating genetically engineered animals change your omnivore or vegetarian diet?

“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued its final regulations governing the approval of genetically engineered animals. The rules do not require consumer labeling for foods from these animals.”

- Steven Reinberg

Genetically engineered foods are all over the grocery aisles and are not labeled on packages as such.  Soon, genetically engineered meat will also be available on store shelves, all without labels.  Some groups approve of the genetically engineered animals because they are raised without the “pain” gene. Others think it is outrageous and strongly feel consumers should be advised if the meat they buy is genetically altered.

Next week, local bloggers will take on a challenge of eating natural, non-processed foods.  The fact that it will be a competition to avoid human altered foods might seem strange to the generations before us who only had the option of eating foods provided by small farms and gardens.  They might not have been able to imagine superstores with chemically filled foods.  Not to mention the vegan diet from only a few decades ago, when the only food options were whole and natural compared to the numerous processed items available as demonstrated in the I Can’t Believe It’s Vegan site.

Will you eat genetically engineered animals?