{"id":7139,"date":"2022-01-31T03:19:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T03:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=7139"},"modified":"2022-01-31T03:19:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T03:19:51","slug":"mandatory-gmo-disclosure-doesnt-sway-shopping-habits-but-will-drive-up-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=7139","title":{"rendered":"Mandatory GMO Disclosure Doesn&#8217;t Sway Shopping Habits (But Will Drive Up Costs)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n&#8220;Beginning this year, federal food-labeling laws require products made with genetically modified ingredients&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ams.usda.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/media\/BEFactSheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to carry a label saying they are &#8220;bioengineered<\/a>.&#8221; But short of requiring extra work and costs for food makers and manufacturers, the law is likely to lead to little change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research suggests that consumers won&#8217;t alter their behavior based on mandatory disclosure of genetically modified organism (GMO) food products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In the presence of existing voluntary non-GMO labels, mandatory labeling did not have any additional effect on demand,&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SSRN-id37743151.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>&nbsp;researchers from Cornell University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison in a November 2021 paper. &#8220;Our findings suggest that voluntary non-GMO labels may already provide an efficient disclosure mechanism without mandatory GMO labels.&#8221;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-reason-com\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ltxkKKacpb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2022\/01\/07\/mandatory-gmo-disclosure-doesnt-sway-shopping-habits-but-will-drive-up-costs\/\">Mandatory GMO Disclosure Doesn&#8217;t Sway Shopping Habits (But Will Drive Up Costs)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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