If you're willing to put blind faith in the AMA, the Republican Party and corporate America (Monsanto), you probably aren't going to worry much about Frankenfood anyway. If you're concerned about eating healthy food, you probably know you're choices are under attack again.
House Agriculture Committee-- basically a bipartisan arm of Agribusiness whose members are handsomely bribed to trample on consumer interests-- voted in favor of Frankenfoods.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture would be required to permit modified crops to be planted and sold into the food supply after the agency’s approvals have been invalidated by a court, under a provision in the fiscal 2013 agriculture spending bill approved by the House Appropriations committee.
Corporate profits once again trump public health and safety. The Center for Food Safety points out that the legislation is, in effect, a “Monsanto profit assurance provision” that interferes with judicial oversight and empowers "a single corporation and a few of its industry friends to move beyond the control of the U.S. courts, USDA and public review to make their own rules and profit from slippery back door politics."
NutrionRank.com allows you to compare foods side by side. For instance, you can compare a Burger King cheeseburger to McDonald’s (MCD) Big Mac, or either to an apple. Or you can look up the healthiness of your favorite foods. That blue box of mac and cheese we loved so much as kids and many of us still love now? The NutritionRank of its cheese topping is zero, though to be fair to Kraft (KFT) some of its specialty mac and cheese brands have much better rankings. A bundle of fresh basil has a rank of 100.
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