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Originally posted by NoEXcUseS
I think many of your are already mislead by the titles "Non-GMO" and "GMO-Free", and don't realize that you are backing false perceptions.
Where exactly do we draw the line on Genetically Modified Organisms?
NEXUS
Originally posted by PacificBlue
It sounds like you are trying to imply that biotechnology and selective breeding are the same thing, but they are not.
How do you prove that a GMO fillet is safe to eat?
Compare it to regular fish. If you wanted to sell a completely novel chemical compound as food—say, a newly developed preservative—you would have to spend years feeding the stuff to laboratory animals, waiting for ill effects. By international consensus, however, genetically modified foods do not have to go through this process. All the manufacturer has to prove is that the altered species does not differ, biochemically, from its safe-to-eat, naturally occurring cousin in any way that would impact human health.
There is no indication at this point that the FDA will require genetically modified organisms to go through feeding studies.
how do i know its GMO?
TextFor conventionally grown fruit, (grown with chemicals inputs), the PLU code on the sticker consists of four numbers. Organically grown fruit has a five-numeral PLU prefaced by the number 9. Genetically engineered (GM) fruit has a five-numeral PLU prefaced by the number 8. For example,
A conventionally grown banana would be:
4011
An organic banana would be:
94011
A genetically engineered (GE or GMO) banana would be:
84011
The numeric system was developed by the Produce Electronic Identification Board, an affiliate of the Produce Marketing Association, a Newark, Delaware-based trade group for the produce industry. As of October 2001, the board had assigned more than 1,200 PLUs for individual produce items.
Originally posted by saltheart foamfollower
reply to post by soficrow
Genetic engineering, genetic modification - HUGE big business. And yeah, we are being pushed. Make that propelled.
Ya gotta wonder -
Why is the Tea Party okay with Corporate Big Government protected by international trade law, but not with us using our own big government to stand up against Global Corporate Government?
WOW, show me where the Tea Party has anything to do with this.
You propagandists sicken me.
HMMMMM, did not know that the FDA was a corporation,
Originally posted by q_ball
Simply put, legalised poisoning....all in the name of industry and keeping the economy going..doesnt matter who dies..as long as we are rich. Disgusting.
At this rate it will be better just to grow your own crops in your back yard and live off that.
edit on 21-9-2010 by q_ball because: (no reason given)
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Originally posted by q_ball
At this rate it will be better just to grow your own crops in your back yard and live off that.