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# Action Alert – Protect Your Right to Know Which Foods Contain GMOs (PR)
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/which_foods_contain_gmos_0305101051/
- Published: 2010-05-03T22:47:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:03:05.000Z
- Description: The Institute for Responsible Technology asks readers to email Clinton, Vilsack and Sebelius before a Codex meeting, arguing US negotiators are pushing the position that GM foods are no different from conventional ones, which could undercut GMO and non-GMO labeling worldwide.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: GMO, Food Safety, #vivvo-import

**From Institute for Responsible Technology**

Please send this URGENT message to U.S. Government leaders to protect your right to know which foods are made from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). [Click and send an email today](http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/TakeAction/CodexConference/index.cfm?ref=foodconsumer.org) to the Secretaries of State (Clinton), Agriculture (Vilsack), and Health and Human Services (Sebelius). Please try to do this before Wednesday, May 5th, but don’t stop until they come around.

They must stop U.S. negotiators at an international (Codex) conference from May 3-7, from pushing an agenda that could make it difficult for anyone, **anywhere in the world** to label foods as genetically modified (GM) – or even make **non-GMO claims on their product’s label.**

The U.S. is taking the ridiculous and unscientific position that GMOs are not different from conventional foods, claiming labels that say GMO or non-GMO are misleading.

If they succeed at the meeting, the U.S. may then file lawsuits through the World Trade Organization against any country that implements mandatory labeling of GMOs, or even allows non-GMO claims on packages.

**This Is a Grave Threat to the Non-GMO Tipping Point – We Must Push Back Now!**

The growing evidence and concern about health dangers of GMOs is making waves. A renowned US Medical organization (American Academy of Environmental Medicine) called on doctors to prescribe non-GMO diets for all patients. Consumers are seeking non-GMO brands, and the fastest growing claim among store brands in 2009 was “GMO-Free” (Neilson Survey). The trade journal *Supermarket News*predicts GMO concerns will erupt this year, specifically *because* consumers are now given choices by the new [Non-GMO Shopping Guide website](http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/SG/Home/index.cfm?ref=foodconsumer.org) and the Non-GMO Project’s third-party verified standard for making non-GMO claims.

*Most Americans (53%) say they would avoid GMOs if they were labeled.* But even 5% would likely be enough to create a tipping point of consumer rejection, forcing all GM ingredients out of our food supply.

We can see the tipping point just over the horizon, but it is now threatened by the US position at Codex.

Tell our government leaders that you will not stand for this outrageous obstruction of our democracy and human rights. Demand that the U.S. support the right for countries everywhere to label GMOs. And remind them that 9 out of 10 Americans want mandatory GMO labeling, and that President Obama actually made a campaign pledge to implement it—which are all waiting for.