{"id":5495,"date":"2016-05-20T19:13:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T23:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/the-gmo-labeling-fight-isnt-over-yet\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:33","slug":"the-gmo-labeling-fight-isnt-over-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/the-gmo-labeling-fight-isnt-over-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"La lucha por el etiquetado de OGM a\u00fan no ha terminado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La Asociaci\u00f3n de Fabricantes de Comestibles (GMA) y algunos cultivadores de cultivos modificados gen\u00e9ticamente como la soja y la remolacha azucarera est\u00e1n&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/health\/gmo-labeling-\/\">pidiendo al Senado que vuelva a<\/a>&nbsp;aceptar un proyecto de ley que har\u00eda que el etiquetado de OMG fuera voluntario y evitar\u00eda que los estados aprobaran sus propias leyes de etiquetado.<\/p>\n<p>A estos grupos les preocupa que los fabricantes de alimentos est\u00e9n sujetos a una variedad de leyes estatales de etiquetado si no hay un est\u00e1ndar nacional. La ley de Vermont que exige el etiquetado entra en vigor el 1 de julio. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reconociendo que los consumidores quieren informaci\u00f3n sobre los OGM en sus alimentos, GMA cre\u00f3 un programa de &quot;etiqueta inteligente&quot; en el que los fabricantes colocan un c\u00f3digo QR en las etiquetas de sus productos. Los consumidores escanear\u00edan estos c\u00f3digos de barras especiales con sus&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/cro\/cell-phones-services\/buying-guide.htm\">tel\u00e9fono inteligente<\/a>&nbsp;mientras compras en el supermercado. Luego, el c\u00f3digo de barras los llevar\u00eda al sitio web de la empresa, donde podr\u00edan obtener informaci\u00f3n sobre&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/cro\/2014\/10\/where-gmos-hide-in-your-food\/index.htm\">transg\u00e9nicos<\/a>&nbsp;y otros ingredientes en los productos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/gmos\/labels-on-genetically-engineered-food-coming-soon\/\">Varias empresas importantes de alimentos<\/a>&nbsp;ya han anunciado un plan de etiquetado de OGM, y algunos han comenzado a etiquetar sus productos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"section text textsection\">\n<div class=\"text-container\">\n<p>Y muchos consumidores y defensores del etiquetado de OGM dicen que los c\u00f3digos QR no son la soluci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>no todo el mundo tiene&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/cro\/cell-phones-services.htm\">tel\u00e9fonos inteligentes<\/a>&nbsp;necesarios para escanear estos c\u00f3digos. De hecho, casi las tres cuartas partes de las personas mayores de 65 a\u00f1os, la mitad de las que viven en \u00e1reas rurales y la mitad de las que ganan menos de $30,000 al a\u00f1o, no tienen tel\u00e9fonos inteligentes.<\/p>\n<p>En una encuesta de 2015 realizada por la firma de investigaci\u00f3n The Mellman Group, el 88 por ciento de&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/food-safety\/consumers-want-mandatory-labeling-for-gmo-foods\/\">consumidores<\/a>&nbsp;dijeron que preferir\u00edan el etiquetado en el paquete de alimentos transg\u00e9nicos a escanear un c\u00f3digo QR. De hecho, solo el 16 por ciento de los consumidores dijeron que alguna vez hab\u00edan escaneado un c\u00f3digo QR por alg\u00fan motivo. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Los partidarios del etiquetado quieren una ley como la propuesta por el senador Jeff Merkley que ordena el etiquetado de OGM en los paquetes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAunque es una buena noticia que algunas de las principales empresas de alimentos, en respuesta a la ley de Vermont que exigir\u00e1 el etiquetado de OGM a partir del 1 de julio, hayan decidido etiquetar sus productos que contienen OGM a nivel nacional, sigue siendo una decisi\u00f3n voluntaria de su parte, lo que significa podr\u00eda revertirse\u201d, Jean Halloran, directora de iniciativas de pol\u00edticas alimentarias en Consumers Union, el brazo de pol\u00edticas y promoci\u00f3n de Consumer Reports. \u201cQueremos que se exija a todos los fabricantes de alimentos que brinden a los consumidores informaci\u00f3n sobre los OGM en sus alimentos. Y queremos que todos los consumidores puedan encontrarlo en el paquete, no tener que escanear un c\u00f3digo de barras y navegar por un sitio web para obtenerlo\u201d. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and some growers of&nbsp;genetically modified crops like soybeans and sugar beets are&nbsp;calling on the Senate to again&nbsp;to take up a bill that would make GMO labeling voluntary and prevent states from passing their own labeling laws. 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