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Sanders has backed mandatory labeling for GMOs.
In a recent survey, scientists from Oklahoma State University discovered that 80% of Americans support mandatory labeling for foods containing DNA, The Washington Post reports.
It has been suggested that the adoption of mandatory labeling for genetically engineered food might send a signal to consumers that foods produced with biotechnology are unsafe or should be avoided.
Consumer groups have pushed for mandatory labeling for years because of concerns that genetically engineered crops on the market now carry potential and actual risks for human health and the environment.
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advocacy, but recent polls show that the vast majority of Americans, ever more focussed on the connection between food, farming, and their health, favor mandatory labelling for products that are made with genetically modified ingredients.
The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard requires a mandatory label for genetically modified (GM) food.
"For the first time ever, consumers will have a national, mandatory label for food products that contain genetically modified ingredients," Stabenow said in a statement.
Despite Barack Obama and Hillary Clintonn's) campaign operatives in 2008 publicly stating that Obama supported mandatory labels for GMOs, we haven't heard a word from the White House on this topic since Inauguration Day.
Some are also calling for mandatory labeling of products with synthetic nanoscale ingredients, no matter how small the quantity.
Critics are pressing regulators and lawmakers to push for mandatory labeling of genetically altered foods, so that consumers will know what they are buying and eating.
While the group's recommendations call for mandatory labeling of food to give consumers an informed choice, it does not specify how much of a biotech component a food would have to contain to require a label.
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