"If GM foods are safe, as the industry claims, then why the stubborn opposition to labeling?"

[Major Nikon]

50. I don't think the number of them is the problem

The problem is the influence they have over food producers. Pretty much every varietal of a basic ingredient like meat, fish, or produce is identical to every other regardless of which name is on the label. The reason is because distributors and processors are dictating exactly what the foundation ingredients are from the producers. The biggest driving force behind this is completion for lower and lower prices which is what the public demands. If you buy a chicken at the market, it's going to be a 3lb (give or take 1/2 lb) 6 week old hen which is going to be the exact same breed fed the same diet as every other 3lb 6 week old hen from every other producer. If you buy a gallon of milk, you might get to choose between a variety of milkfat levels, but whatever you choose is going to be produced and processed from the same breed of cows fed the same diet as every other gallon of milk in every other supermarket in America and it isn't going to taste any different. The same is true for just about every other product you can name.