Biotech Quiz Replacement

I strongly believe that foods produced using biotechnology should be labeled fo consumers. The consumer should have the right to know what they are eating and the right to decide if they want to buy biotech products. The good side of labeling foods produced using biotechnology arr that consumers would know what was in their food, for the most part. They might also know how the crop was altered. The bad impactsd of labeling food produced using biotechnology would be the cost for the whold food production chain, the new regulations that would need to be implemented, and the possibility of needing separate facilities to process and package biotech food products. The cost is the major negative impact because there would need to be separate trucks, storage bins, processing plants, and packaging facilities just to avoid commingling of biotech food products. Then, there would be the problem of not being able to export those products to some other countries and some consumers would not buy biotech food products either. The higher cost would be passed down the line and ultimately end up at the consumer. The environmental impact would be an increase in transport (ie., pollution and fuel usage), more packaging and labeling and an overall use of more resources. Even though it would create many negative impacts, I still belive that if food produced using biotechnology is going to be put out there for human consumption, consumers should know what items are made with biotech produce and have the right to choose rather to eat it or not.