Biotech Food

It seems to me that there are two issues with Biotech Food: (1) the effects of "artificial gene arranging" and (2) how the companies that produce biotech food inform the consumer as to what is in their products. According to the example essay written by Lisa Turner given in Writing Arguments, some of the effects of consuming biotech food could include "cancer and cardiac problems". Ultimately, the risk of consuming biotech food lies on the consumer, unless of course, the consumer has been lied to. This brings us to the second point. If the company does not fully inform the consumer of the ingredients in its food or it gives false information then the company is at fault, not to mention acting illegally. The Lanham Act was passed in 1946 to prevent companies creating "false advertising". As a consumer I would be utterly disgusted if a company did this, but assuming the company is playing it clean, the choice of whether to eat biotech food is completely up to the individual.