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2018 U. Ill. J.L. Tech. & Pol'y 457 (2018)
The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard: A Solution to the GMO Labeling Political Debate?

handle is hein.journals/jltp2018 and id is 469 raw text is: THE NATIONAL BIOENGINEERED FOOD DISCLOSURE STANDARD: A SOLUTION TO THE GMO LABELING POLITICAL DEBATE? Zoe S. Spector* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ......................................................................................... 4 57 II. B ackground ......................................................................................... 459 A. Genetically Modified Foods: The Perceived Benefits and Risks 460 B. Genetically Modified Foods: To Label or Not to Label? ............ 461 C. Genetically Modified Foods: Regulatory History in the U nited States ................................................................................ 462 D. Genetically Modified Foods: The New Regulatory Labeling Standard ........................................................................ 463 E. Genetically Modified Foods: The NBFDS's Route to Labeling .464 III. A n alysis ............................................................................................... 4 6 5 A. The Electronic Disclosure Method: ............................................. 466 B. The Exemptions that Prevent Transparency: ............................... 471 C. Examples of the NBFDS Applied: .............................................. 474 IV . R ecom m endation ................................................................................ 476 V . C onclusion .......................................................................................... 479 I. INTRODUCTION When you bite into roughly three out of four of your regular processed grocery store foods, not only are you biting in to salty, sugary, or crunchy goodness, you are also consuming genetically modified material.1 Genetically modified organisms made their way into our agricultural market more than * J.D. University of Illinois College of Law, 2019; B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016. 1 want to thank my parents, Debra and Lewis Spector, my brother, A.J. Spector, and my grandmother, Myrna Gassel, for supporting me in my decision to attend law school, never doubting my ambitions, and for their love and support. I also want to thank Timothy Jones and my friends-I wouldn't have made it this far without your unwavering encouragement, patience, and love. Last, I extend my gratitude to Professor Rowell for her invaluable feedback and guidance, and to the JLTP editors for their hard work in publishing this Note. 1. C. Eugene Emery Jr. & Mark Reynolds, Sen. Donna Nesselbush: Three Quarters of Processed Foods Have Genetically Modified Organisms, POLITIFACT (Mar. 22, 2015, 12:01 AM), http://www.politifact.com/ rhode-island/statements/2015/mar/22/donna-nesselbush/sen-donna-nesselbush-three-quarters-processed-food.

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