Simply put, if you want to avoid GMO products use this system moving forward...




Short, sweet and straight to the point...

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I've seen this before.. not the photo, but the information. Never knew if it were entirely true or not. Is it universal throughout all grocery stores? I'm just afraid that they've mixed them up or something and I'll start mistakenly trying to buy GM

Originally posted by bacci0909
I've seen this before.. not the photo, but the information. Never knew if it were entirely true or not. Is it universal throughout all grocery stores? I'm just afraid that they've mixed them up or something and I'll start mistakenly trying to buy GM

Yea, I'm not 100% sure that its totally accurate, but I feel like its a good guide nevertheless to work off of... But it is reported to be accurate, I guess only time will tell, and maybe someone will find a issue down the road, but it seems legit thus far...

Thank you for the information! I have a good size garden and been doing a lot of canning this year.
What I can't grow like corn cause you need such a large area. I have been buying locally and canning it.

This only applies to nations who have GMO labelling.

We in Canada do not. There is no requirement to label food as Organic, Standard or GMO.

~Tenth

I have been alert to these codes for more than a year, but what about frozen and canned goods, how do we know how these items have been grown. And how about dry goods, rice, beans, as well as grains like flour or cereal?

In Canada about a year or so the produce used to say where it was from. It had the State that it was grown in. Now it just says product of USA.
I asked the clerk about it once and he had no idea what state it was from.

When I was a kid my grandmother made me work in her garden, I hated it. She used to say “Someday you’ll thank me!”

I guess she was right.

Originally posted by GuitarHeroBear
When I was a kid my grandmother made me work in her garden, I hated it. She used to say “Someday you’ll thank me!”

I guess she was right.

Looking back at my grandparents, they DID everything the right way... My grandfather was a jack of ALL trades, he could literally build or fix anything (I'm sure everyone's grandparents were like that)... And my Grandma also had a nice size farm where they grew their own stuff... They had it right back then... Nowadays, most people cant do anything... Kind of sad really...

Three items...

1 - Even if a food item was not grown from GMO seed it still can contain some GMO DNA. It is almost impossible, for just one example, to grow non GMO corn anywhere near GMO corn without some degree of cross pollination. this can apply to any crop that is pollinated to start the growth of the fruit or vegetable. All you need is to have your non GMO crop downwind of a GMO crop and some of your crop will become a GMO hybrid.

2 - As to the codes, I checked out the PLU lookup site and it seems to work for identifying the produce but I already knew that my tomato was a tomato and likewise for my avocado. But I will definitely be on the lookout for the code that indicates a GMO crop.

3 - I have tried several diets to lose weight for years now and none of them worked. The starvation diets are the worst since you end up binging uncontrollably after a while. I have always thought that I have a metabolic problem since even "reasonable" diets didn't seem to work for me. But I have just recently watched the video "Forks Over Knives" and was so impressed that I bought it and the companion book from Amazon.com. I am just getting started with the changeover to my diet in the last two weeks. I am happy to announce that I got off of my bathroom scale this morning at the lowest weight I have weighed in well over two years. And all of that without starving myself. The basis of the diet is to replace meat and dairy with plant based foods. This must be done carefully and slowly to avoid health problems caused by missing nutrients. But in the last two weeks I have been replacing much of what I used to eat from the meat, dairy and pasta groups with fresh produce. I am still able to satisfy my hunger any time I want if I stick to fresh produce. One of my favorite snacks and substitute for as much as one meal a day is to slice up an avocado and a tomato then arrange them on a plate. Then I sprinkle them liberally with one of the many Mrs. Dash seasoning mixes. That is topped with a small amount of Romano or Parmesan cheese fresh grated onto the dish. This is a far cry better than my usual snacks of chips & dip, buttered pasta, meaty and cheesy sandwich and the like.