Eli Kintisch

About the author: Eli Kintisch is a writer for New Republic and works on Forward's Washington D.C. staff.

Labeling foods as genetically modified (GM) would cause consumer confusion as well as raise grocery bills. In addition to the fruits and vegetables that are genetically modified, many GM processed foods are already on the market, making it too complicated to label them all. Because GM and non-GM crops are mixed together, some manufacturers are not sure how many, if any, GM organisms (GMOs) are in their food products. The only way to differentiate them would be to have segregated food production lines from field to factory to grocery stores. The cost of such an operation would raise retail prices as much as 10 percent for some foods. A possible solution would be to...