You are.
I've been trying out a few apps when shopping, like Boycat (poor database for products in my region in my experience) and No Thanks! (works best for me so far but is focused on Israel, although I wish it gave you more info on scanned products/companies) and I've recently been made aware of Open Food Facts which I'm looking forward to trying, it seems to have a large crowd-sourced database.
They're very convenient to use, just scan the barcode with your phone before dropping the item in your shopping cart.
No need to wait for useless corrupt politicians to tell you what to do!