Sugar, Food Safety, Sustainability, & GMOS - USDA · @ITIFdc Sugar, Food Safety, Sustainability, &...
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@ITIFdc
Sugar, Food Safety, Sustainability, & GMOS
L. Val Giddings, Ph.D.Senior Fellow, ITIF
February 24, 2017
@PrometheusGreen
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About ITIF Independent, nonpartisan research and education institute focusing on intersection of technological innovation
and public policy, including:
– Innovation and competitiveness
– IT and data
– Telecommunications
– Trade and globalization
– Life sciences, agricultural biotech, and energy
Mission to formulate and promote policy solutions that accelerate innovation and boost productivity
Ranked by University of Pennsylvania as top science and technology think tank in United States and number two in world
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Consumers Top Food Priority = Safety
Consumers No. 2 Priority = Sustainability
Choice, Labeling, & the “Right to Know”
What Does the Marketplace Say?
What Does The Future Hold?
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People Don’t Know… What Won’t Hurt Them
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Food Safety
We know what causes unsafe food
– Microbial contamination (NB – organic over-represented)
– Adulteration
– Production process (e.g., plant breeding) is not on the list
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What Do We Know About GM Food Safety?
Substantial equivalence
– This is a conclusion, not a presupposition
– OECD: SE is a finding based on data & analysis
Global Scientific Consensus
– More than 275 scientific organizations
– 11 US National Academy studies; 2000+ papers
– Research by independent scientists & industry reaches the same conclusions
– “There is no there there” (Gertrude Stein)
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Consumers Top Food Priority = Safety
Consumers No. 2 Priority = Sustainability
Choice, Labeling, & the “Right to Know”
What Does the Marketplace Say?
What Does The Future Hold?
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Sustainability
Which human activity has the biggest negative impact on the environment?
– Agriculture; even hunting/gathering
– Stewardship: there is a moral imperative to improve ag efficiency
Sugar Beets vs Sugar Cane– Neither is perfectly “green”; Both can be improved
– 25+ environmental advantages of GM sugar beets
– GMO sugar cane is on the way (Brasil, Indonesia, Costa Rica)
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Sugar from GM Beets: The Greenest Option
No source of sugar is more sustainable than GM sugar beets
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Consumers Top Food Priority = Safety
Consumers No. 2 Priority = Sustainability
Choice, Labeling, & the “Right to Know”
What Does the Marketplace Say?
What Does The Future Hold?
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Labelling, Consumer Choice & the “Right to Know”
Claim: Polls show 60-90% Want GM Labels
– “Lies, Damn Lies,& Statistics”
– Not all polls are equal; some are lousy, some are push polls
Do polls predict POP behavior?
– Worldwide, consumers decide based on cost, quality
– ~4% want GMO info on labels (IFIC data; StarLink)
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Why Do We Label?
Source: Kevin Folta
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Source: TheFarmersDaughterUSA.com
Facts Are Stubborn Things
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Source: thechowbabe
“GM” Label Controversy Is a Stalking Horse
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Is Labeling Really About Consumer Choice?
IS It Really About “Right to Know?”
– USRTK is a stalking horse for special interests
– “Black” marketing
– Roberts-Stabenow
GM Labels Have Nothing to do With Consumer Choice & the “Right to Know”
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Remember “Made in Germany”
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Consumers Top Food Priority = Safety
Consumers No. 2 Priority = Sustainability
Choice, Labeling, & the “Right to Know”
What Does the Marketplace Say?
What Does The Future Hold?
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What Does the Marketplace Say?
Pew Survey Claim: 41% of consumers prefer sugar from non GMO plants
– Do candy consumers really care? (27,421 +1)
– Consumers do not appreciate being lied to
– Campbell’s vs Mars
Price continues to be Primary Factor– “non GMO” is meaningless
– Disrupts supply chains, logistics, reduces options: significant cost penalties on multiple levels
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Consumers Top Food Priority = Safety
Consumers No. 2 Priority = Sustainability
Choice, Labeling, & the “Right to Know”
What Does the Marketplace Say?
What Does The Future Hold?
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What Does the Future Hold?
Continued disinformation from special interests
– Fighting back via deficit model counterproductive
– Ridicule and sarcasm work for some
– Best solution = finding common ground
Continued, relentless economic pressure– Supply chain disruptions
– Irrecoverable cost penalties
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What Does the Future Hold?
Continued innovation inescapable
– GM beets are here; GM sugar cane is coming
– Further genetic improvements imperative and inescapable
– Disruptive innovations loom: algae, yeast…
– Innovation will accelerate (CRISPR)
– Stark choice: embrace or fall behind
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Source: LVG
One Way or Another, “GM” is the Future
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