ABSTRACT
Using the case study of Agent Orange Corn (AOC), this chapter shows how genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are integrated into the food regulatory network in the United States. In response to all those who wonder why nothing is being done to stop the proliferation of GMOs, a brief answer would be that one needs information upon which to act, and the industry does not easily relinquish control of this information. Shifting one’s perspective from the industry’s release of information, one may reach the point of the public’s demand for information - —the rRight to kKnow. This right to know embodies a forced release of information, which, in food law, is simply called labelling. The second part of this chapter zooms in on transgenic animals, the first GMOs that are approved in the animal kingdom, i.e., that is, patented fish. Developing the power of the rRight to kKnow and pProduct lLabelling further provides information about the consumer-oriented controls to create points of attack of the proliferation of GMOs and the corresponding trivialization of the risks of a GMO-dominated food system.
