You may be more familiar with the terms “genetically modified” or “GMO” — the new standard replaces those terms with “bioengineered” or “BE.”
Plants are bioengineered to express desirable traits and make them easier to grow or sell.United Nations has saidIf you’ve come across one of the new bioengineered food labels, there’s a good chance it was a product that contained soybeans, canola, corn or potatoes.Potatoes were the main source of food for most people in Ireland in the early to mid-1800s, but especially for tenant farmers and poor people. It’s estimated that 80% of their calories came from potatoes.
You can click on the list of foods above to see which genes were modified and which traits are affected.Food manufacturers, importers, and retailers who package and label food for retail or bulk food sales are required to follow the new standard, but restaurants do not.The words “bioengineered food” for single-ingredient foods or “contains a bioengineered food ingredient” printed on the packaging.
It’s also not required in foods that are so highly processed that any modified genetic material is undetectable.Most groups that oppose BE and GMO foods argue that there is a lack of proper regulation and a lack of unbiased scientific research on the long-term human and environmental health impacts.
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