Frankenfoods: We Have the Right to Know!

California Proposition 37, Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods
 
(on the November 6, 2012 ballot)… If Proposition 37 is approved by voters, it will:
 
 
A.  Require labeling on raw or processed food offered for sale to consumers if the food is made from plants or animals with genetic material changed in specified ways. 
  
FrankenfoodB.  Prohibit labeling or advertising such food as “natural.” 
 
C.  Exempt from this requirement foods that are “certified organic; unintentionally produced with genetically engineered material; made from animals fed or injected with genetically engineered material but not genetically engineered themselves; processed with or containing only small amounts of genetically engineered ingredients; administered for treatment of medical conditions; sold for immediate consumption such as in a restaurant; or alcoholic beverages.” 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GMO-posterA similar attempt to require the labeling of genetically modified foods in 19 other states has FAILED.  There is a lot of information about the Proposition and you can read more about it as well as see the  supporters and opponents of this measure at Ballotpedia.org.
 
Type “Proposition 37 2012” in the search bar.
 
If you are interested in learning more about the ill-effects of GMO foods, click on this link to view an 85 minute movie entitled: Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives
 
This video is available for free viewing online between September 15-22!
 
Also, if you are interested in becoming more involved in Prop37 CA Right to Know campaign, consider joining or visiting the web site: CARightToKnow.org