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Do you know if the food you eat has been genetically modified? The answer can sometimes be elusive, but as Mike Vasilinda tells us, one state lawmaker wants to make it easier to know what;s going in your mouth.

Florida law already requires fruits and vegetables to be labeled with their country of origin. But no such labeling is required if your food has been genetically modified. State Rep, Kathleen Peters wants to change that.  “My youngest son…it’s so important to him, and he gets very frustrated when he goes shopping when he tries to figure out when he buys things, and he says just let us know. Put a label on it so we can make educated and informed decisions. That’s all we want” says Peters.

We toured a Whole Foods store with manager Paul Clements.  The store is a favorite for consumers looking for organic and non GMO food. “Of course, you’re alway looking for organic products being labeled as well. Like out 365 brand products” says Clements. We asked “Can a product be organic and GMO as well?”

“it’s shouldn’t be, no” he responded.

Donna Brown is a regular here. We asked her “”So, if foods were labeled GMO or non GMO, would that be helpful?”

“Yes! Non GMO for us. Absolutely.”

The legislation wouldn’t ban genetically altered foods…just require they be labeled. But big agriculture is against it. That includes Citrus growers who feel they will have to modify their fruits just to survive.

But at this Whole Foods, times are changing. Beginning in 2018, vendors won’t even get into this store unless they label their food GMOP or non GMO.

The legislation didn’t even get a hearing last year.

Peters says one way to ease big ag’s concerns is to come up with a reasonable definition of what genetically modified really means.