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Should the FDA require US food manufactures to reveal if foods are genetically modified? The FDA must be aware that genetically modified foods can and do produce allergic reactions in many people and that these reactions can range from mild symptoms to life threatening ones. The FDA is responsible for the safety of food supplies and drugs sold and purchased in the United States.

The FDA has a responsibility to ensure that Americans are safe from foods that may harm them. Genetically modified are proven to cause allergic reactions in some people and the general public should be properly informed of the dangers of consuming genetically modified foods.

There should be proper labels containing information that warns the consumer of the possibility the food they are purchasing could cause an allergic reaction and informing the consumer that the product they are purchasing has been genetically modified.

Failure by the FDA to inform and protect the consumer from potentially harmful food supplies is negligence. Genetically modified foods from the United States are banned in many other countries because of the wide spread fear that they are unsafe. Once again our own FDA has failed to protect the American consumer. The FDA has previously approved drugs for sale in the United States that were banned in the majority of developed countries around the world. When this information was made public questions as to the integrity of the FDA were made. Is the FDA conspiring with special interest groups in not outright banning the sale of genetically modified foods in the United States?

It would seem logical for the FDA to at a minimum, require proper labeling for genetically modified foods. The public has a right to be informed as to the known hazards of consuming genetically modified foods. The FDA has a moral if not a legal obligation to protect uninformed and unsuspecting consumers.

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