Position Paper: Labeling
“Should there be government regulations requiring genetically engineered foods to be labeled?”
When out shopping for your family you might look at the ingredients or nutrition facts of the foods you plan to feed you and your family. Wouldn’t you also like to know the methods by which your food or its ingredients were produced? You may think the methods are no big deal, right. But would it surprise you if most of the foods you ate were chemically engineered? Yeah I know gross right? Here’s why the food you buy should be labeled by the government: damaging effects on health caused by unnatural foods, new toxins and allergens in foods, artificially induced characteristics and inevitable side-effects, consumers have a right to know what’s in their food, and for religious or ethical reasons, many Americans want to avoid eating animal products.
Genetically engineered foods should be labeled by the possible health effects causes by these foods that the consumer could otherwise avoid if they do not by the food or other precautions taken by the consumer. Consumers of these foods may be affected by certain toxins and allergens used when producing genetically engineered. Certain religion may also want to know what foods contains due to their believes that are against eating certain animals (even DNA). Also nonreligious people may feel genetically engineered foods are ethically wrong due to the amount of human tampering done to a traditional all-natural product. Also many people naturally want to know the substances they put into their bodies and the possible effects it may have on them. Ingredients in food are also required by laws already in place to be labeled.
The need for government labeling of genetically engineered foods is supported by many reasons. These reasons are religious and ethical stances of consumer. Unknown toxins and allergens in the foods. And also the side effects of these foods that have not been fully studied. Therefore for the consumers’ health 
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