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Mandatory labeling on genetically engineered foods may reduce customer purchases
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220823135658.htm
The study analyzed sales trend data from Vermont after a law went into effect requiring labels on genetically engineered, or GE, foods -- the only mandatory statewide GE labeling policy that ever has been implemented in the U.S.
The researchers found that after the law was implemented, sales of foods labeled as containing GE ingredients decreased by 5.9%. Meanwhile, sales of products labeled as not containing GE ingredients increased by 2.5%, and sales of organic products -- which by law cannot contain GE ingredients -- increased by 1.7%.