There are doctors and scientists around the world raising warnings about the ecological and human health effects of GMOs. We can't take food for granted, as it's done in the United States.
Biotechnology provides a very powerful set of solutions.
Last month, United Nations negotiators meeting in Montreal developed a set of trade rules concerning gene-altered foods. The rules allow a country to ban imports of a genetically modified product if it believes there's not enough scientific evidence to demonstrate the product is safe. Under the accord, exporters also must label shipments that contain gene-altered commodities such as corn and soybeans. The United States fought the labeling provision as well as the import bans except in cases where scientific evidence backed up safety concerns. As a result, farmers around the nation are watching to see whether the new rules will affect exports or require grain elevators to segregate the biotech varieties.