July 07, 2015
Dateline: Sante Fe, New Mexico
by Paul Fassa, Natural Health Journalist
(UtopiaSilver.com) A lot of folks think if a food label says natural, they’re in the clear buying and consuming its contents. It’s even commonly assumed that natural on food labels implies organic. And for those concerned, it must mean that it’s GMO free even if not organic. But the processed food industry thrives on FDA sanctioned deceit, unfortunately. The truth is, many foods labeled Natural contain GMOs.
Some months ago, Consumer Reports, “Food Safety and Sustainability” division discovered that natural labels are used to slip GMOs into consumer processed food purchases, and of course none of them are organic unless labeled so.
The person conducting this Consumer Reports study, Urvashi Rangan, also discovered that many of the packages with “natural” or “all natural” adorning their labels contained GMOs.
FDA labeling laws generally grant loopholes and allowances that actually allow certain additives to be used that if recognized could by enough consumers could cause lower revenues for the food companies involved. The USDA has allowed a few loopholes themselves, usually in fine print, with their USDA Certified Organic labeling.
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