There is an ongoing battle in the United States between consumers who buy genetically modified foods and companies that transform these foods through genetic modification. Consumers are demanding that all genetically modified foods be labeled so they can have information about what ingredients are in these foods. Companies that sell genetically modified foods do not want to label them and argue that labeling these foods would increase food prices, harm farmers, and give genetically modified foods a reputation for being harmful to humans. Consumers should ignore the claims of companies responsible for producing genetically modified foods and relentlessly insist that all genetically modified foods be labeled. They should also require that genetically modified foods have labels that are not written in biotech language, but in terms simple enough to be read and understood by an elementary school-age child. Genetically modified foods are foods produced according to the DNA or natural growth processes of plants or animals that have been altered by adding DNA from totally different organisms, bacteria or viruses to the plants or animals. In an article by Brittany Cordeiro, “GMOs Cause Cancer,” she defined 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. It is a type of biotechnology often performed in a laboratory. The explanation given by biotech companies and large corporations for why they genetically modify food is that genetic modification makes foods resistant to plant diseases, parasites, viral resistance, herbicides, and that it improves... half of paper... ...consumers will continue to demand that these foods be labeled until labeling becomes law. Washington had the Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food Measure, Initiative 522 (2013) on the ballot in 2013, but it was defeated on November 6, 2013, after the final votes were counted. The fundraiser would have been the most expensive and would have brought in $22 million; most of the money came from the Grocery Manufacturers Association, Monsanto, DuPont Pioneer, Dow AgroSciences, and Bayer CropScience. Washington would be the first state to pass initiatives to require labeling of genetically modified foods. There are twenty-five other states with initiatives on the table (Elizabeth Weise, “Washington State Voters Reject GMO Food Labeling.”). The fight will continue as consumers not only insist on, but demand the labeling of all genetically modified foods.