What is bio-engineered food? Bio-engineered food is a food that has been genetically modified from a lab. The genetic material has been modified in a way that changes how food is normally grown. The government’s term of bioengineering is GMO, also known as genetically modified organisms.
What is bio-engineered food? iStock-photo credit: AlexRaths
The USDA list of bio-engineering foods is the following:
• Cotton
• Corn
• Soybean
• Alfalfa
• Canola
• Potato
• Squash
• Sugarbeet
As of Jan 2022, it requires food manufacturers and retailers in the U.S to follow a new labeling standard for food that has been genetically modified. And this new labeling law is called The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard.
There is this on-going misinformation on the internet that bio-engineering food is bad for your health. Well according to the World Health Organization there isn’t any strong scientific evidence that GMO foods are harmful to your health.
Benefits
It is important to know studies show there is no added benefit to eating genetically modified/bio-engineering foods which are very refined and highly processed. One of the key benefits of the new BE labeling law is to inform consumers of what they are buying and eating.
One of the best ways to avoid bio-engineering food is to buy 100% organic food which is more expensive. Most Americans can’t afford to upgrade to organic food because of the extra cost.
The USDA has two labels, which is the BE label which means Bioengineering and GMO food.
And it has a butterfly label that is called GMO-free or non-GMO label. Studies have shown that 75% of the processed food that is out there has some form of GMO/bio-engineering ingredients.
The Bottom Line is a bio-engineering food label that states that the food is genetically modified from a lab. It is referred to as a genetically modified organism, (GMO).
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References
1) Non-GMO project- https://www.nongmoproject.org/about/
2) World Health Organization- https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/food-genetically-modified
3) USDA- https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/be/bioengineered-foods-list
4) Center For Food Safety- https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/311/ge-foods/about-ge-foods
