One picture is worth a thousand words.
Here is my favorite of USDA’s proposals for the front-of-package icon for GMO foods.
Translation: “be” means “bioengineered.”
Here are the options USDA proposes (thanks to FoodNavigator.com):
You can’t make this stuff up.
You have about 60 days to file comments. By all means, do so.
I am honored (hugely) to be the recipient of the 2023 Edinburgh Medal, at which I give a speech as part of the Edinburgh Science Festival. My talk, “Food Politics: Why it Matters Now” is at 7:00 p.m. Information about the Science Festival is here. A Tweet announcing my award is here.