A battle is raging in the United States between consumers who buy genetically modified foods and companies that process these foods using genetic modification. Consumers are demanding that all genetically modified foods be labeled so they have information about the ingredients contained in those foods. Companies that sell genetically modified foods don't want to label them and claim that labeling these foods would raise food prices, hurt farmers and give genetically modified foods a reputation for being harmful to humans. Consumers should ignore claims made by companies responsible for producing genetically modified foods and relentlessly insist that all genetically modified foods be labeled. They should further require that genetically modified foods carry labels that are not written in biotech language, but in terms simple enough that a child of elementary school age could read and understand. Genetically modified foods are foods produced using the DNA or natural growth processes of plants or plants. animals have been modified by adding DNA from completely different organisms, bacteria, or viruses into plants or animals. In an article by Brittany Cordeiro, “Do GMOs Cause Cancer,” she defines genetically modified organisms as “plants or animals created by inserting genes from one species into another. This process is known as gene splicing or genetic engineering. This is a type of biotechnology often carried out in a laboratory. The explanation given by biotechnology companies and large corporations for why they genetically modify foods is that genetic modification makes foods resistant to plant diseases, pests, viral resistance, herbicides, and that 'it improves...... middle of paper... ...consumers continue to demand that these foods be labeled until labeling becomes law. Washington placed a "Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods Measure" on the ballot in 2013, Initiative 522 (2013), but it was rejected on November 6, 2013, after the final vote count. Fundraising would be the most expensive, at $22 million; most of the money came from the Grocery Manufacturers Association, Monsanto, DuPont Pioneer, Dow AgroSciences and Bayer CropScience. Washington would have been the first state to pass initiatives requiring labeling of genetically modified foods. Twenty-five other states have initiatives on the ballot (Elizabeth Weise, “Washington State Voters Reject GMO Food Labeling.”). The fight will continue as consumers not only insist, but demand labeling of all genetically modified foods..