Comment Re:Riddle me this (Score 1) 766
And when your 'Organic Only' store is carrying a hybrid/cross breed that occurred in nature (that no one is testing for) you still have consumed a GMO crop.
They DO random genetic testing you know. There are independent labs that test for GM markers, and distributors and retail chains that sell GM-free products do use them. That's not to say that a GM strain can't accidentally make it into the pipeline, obviously it's bound to happen. However, I personally am not too concerned with the occasional accident as much as the regular daily stuff.
I'd expect a libertarian to hold the view that if you contaminate your neighbors' soybeans or corn you're liable for cleanup and replanting, as well as medical care to people who ate it. This in turn would force growing to be geographically separated so as to prevent cross-pollination - or if that's not possible GM crops would be a commercial dead end. The liability litigation would simply bankrupt anyone who tried to grow it.
However, in the real world as opposed to libertarian utopia the best is probably to simply restrict growth of GM strains to laboratory settings.