An editorial in the LA Times warns consumers to stop worrying about GMOs, and goes further to say “it's that organic granola bar that could make you sick.” Henry Miller from Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, and the founding director of the Office of Biotechnology at the Food and Drug Administration, writes that recalls of organic foods amounted to seven percent of all food units recalled in 2015, even though organic farms account for only about one percent of agricultural acreage. Further, he writes, that paying the “organic tax” — the price premium associated with organic products — makes you no healthier. Miller cited a study by researchers at Stanford University that found fruits and vegetables that met the criteria for “organic” were on average no more nutritious than their far cheaper conventional counterparts.
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