How to Determine What is Genetically Modified Food

Posted on 28. May, 2011 by Admin.

In an article published on FriendsEat.com, Spencer Cooper tells us the codes to look for in determining what type of food we’re getting. You’re looking for the number in front of the four-digit Price Look Up, or PLU, code on the product you’re about to buy and subsequently put in your mouth. A 9 means organic, an 8 means genetically engineered (GE) or genetically modified (GMO); and just the four-digit code means conventionally grown (i.e. pesticides, chemical fertilizer, stuff like that). The example Cooper gives us is clarifies all this:

A conventionally-grown banana will have a code of 4011

An organic banana will be 94011

A GE or GMO banana will be 84011

Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/know-which-food-is-genetically-modfied.html#ixzz1Ndu5QEE0

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