Section 10

Artificial Food Products

   Artificial food products, such as lab-grown meat, genetically modified organisms (GMO’s), preservatives, ultra processed foods, and genetically engineered animals should be something the FDA and The Food Safety Inspection Service take more seriously. As a quick review, the FDA/USDA has shown their incompetence by allowing intensive confinement, growth hormones, unethical breeding techniques, questionable testing requirements (44), early approval of lab grown-meat, and failing to comply with the Freedom of Information Act (45). As Americans, it is time that we hold regulatory food agencies to a higher standard to ensure that they have our best interests.

            Empirically, food has become more artificial as time goes on. An example of this is lab-grown meat. Meat that is cultivated in a lab using animal cells. This should not have been approved so fast, given that its long-term effects have not been studied enough (46)(47)(48).  It links to IGF-1, cancer, additives, antibiotics, hormones, chemicals, and the risk of contamination, to name a few. The Center for Food Safety has stated “rigorous regulation” of it should be essential to human health. It is common sense that  “lab-grown meat” should be tested at length, before being introduced to the public. Tests should last well over 10 years. It is unlikely that lab-grown meat will become illegal based on the billions of dollars of investments that are put into it. However, what should be required is large and clear labeling of it for consumers. There is a large population of consumers who do not want anything to do with lab-grown meat, nor genetically engineered animals.

Section 10 Legislation

10.1 GMO’s, food preservatives, genetically engineered animals, and lab-grown meat should be reviewed and studied under a full FDA supervised review, instead of GRAS. These tests shall have a focus on long-term health consequences.  

10.2 GMO’s, food preservatives, genetically engineered animals, ultra-processed foods, and lab grown meat shall be labeled with large and clear labeling on the front of packages.

10.3 All self-assessments made by lab-grown meat companies should be reviewed by multiple public health agencies, both foreign and domestic.

10.4 There shall be no member of the FDA or USDA accepting money from lab-grown meat companies.

10.5 No member of the FDA or USDA should have any affiliation with lab-grown meat companies, ultra-processed food companies, or any other entities within the agricultural food system within United States.