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Information Not on the Label 转基因食品不需注明，美国消费者如何判断 If you want to know whether the bread you’re about to buy was sweetened with corn syrup, you can check the label. The same is true if you’re concerned about preservatives, caramel coloring or artificial flavoring. By law, all of these ingredients must be listed on food labels. 如果你想知道你打算购买的这块面包是否使用了玉米糖浆来增加甜味，你可以阅读面包上的食品标签。如果你担心面包里添加了防腐剂、焦糖色素或是人工调味香料，你也可以从标签中找到答案。法律规定，这些成分必须在食品标签上注明。 But not genetically modified organisms, or G.M.O.s. The Food and Drug Administration does not require clear identification and labeling of food products made with genetically engineered plants. 但转基因生物(GMO)却没有包括在内。美国食品与药品管理局（The Food and Drug Administration，简称FDA）目前并没有要求含有转基因农作物的食品必须用标识和标签注明。 Most consumers want that to change. Some 93 percent of respondents to a New York Times survey in January 2013 said they wanted genetically modified ingredients identified, even though only about half said they would avoid G.M.O. products. More than 1.4 million people have signed the Center for HYPERLINK /health/guides/nutrition/food-safety/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifierFood Safety’s HYPERLINK /files/ge-labeling-petition-10-11-2011-final.pdfpetitionurging the federal agency to require G.M.O. labeling. Last weekend, marches were held in dozens of cities to protest the introduction of genetically engineered products by Monsanto and other developers. 大多数消费者想要改变这种状况。《纽约时报》2013年1月的一项调查显示，虽然只有一半的受访者表示，将避开用转基因生物制成的产品，但约93%的受访者表示，希望在标签上写明食品中的转基因成分。目前已经有超过140万人签署了HYPERLINK /health/guides/nutrition/food-safety/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier食品安全中心(Center for Food Safety)的HYPERLINK /files/ge-labeling-petition-10-11-2011-final.pdf请愿书，要求FDA下令，转基因生物制成的食品必须在标签上注明。上周末，几十个城市举行了游行，抗议孟山都(Monsanto)等食品开发商推出转基因食品。 Vermont this month HYPERLINK /blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/04/29/how-vermont-plans-to-defend-the-nations-first-gmo-law/became the first state to require labeling of G.M.O. foods, and Connecticut and Maine have passed similar laws, though they are contingent on ot