First Genetic Engineering must be distinguished from Genetic Modification ... Nature modifies genes (or you could say "engineered if you're a theist...) People Engineer genes. Now, where I believe the debate is centered and where it falls apart is people are weary of Genetic Engineering and not genetic modification. This is important as proponents of GE use selective breeding as an example of GE, this is not GE, this is GM...
It costs a lot of money to GE an organism. The only institutions who are doing so are doing it with a motive singular to profit. There have been no long-term studies of most GE on humans or the outcomes simply because the technology is too new. So, I ask this:
Would you consume (put inside your body, the only one you have) an organism that has not been rigorously tested on humans when the creators sole intent was to drive a profit?
There are far too many "facts" on either side of the debate. I say forget about the "facts".
What are the motives?
Who benefits?
Is it worth the risk to you or your children?
Why?
What do you have to gain from consuming them?
That is all.