Nearly 70 percent of processed foods at U.S. grocery storesย containย at least one genetically engineered ingredient. Even though most scientistsย believeย that genetically engineered foods pose no health risks, around half of Americans polled byย Pew Research Centerย thinkย genetically engineered foods are worse for oneโs health.
After decades of controversy, many genetically engineered foods willย requireย labels in the United States starting in 2022, due to the national bioengineered food disclosure standard adopted by theย U.S. Department of Agricultureย (USDA) in 2018.
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In 2014, however, Vermont was the first state in the United States to pass a GMO labeling law …. In July 2016, the same month the Vermont labeling requirements were slated to take effect, President Barack Obama signed federal legislationย that now preempts states from imposing labeling requirements. That legislation also directed the USDA to develop a federal labeling standard.
