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A genetically modified organism (GMO) or genetically engineered organism (GEO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. These techniques are generally known as recombinant DNA technology. With recombinant DNA technology, DNA molecules from different sources are combined in vitro into one molecule to create a new gene. This DNA is then transferred into an organism and causes the expression of modified or novel traits.

Genetically modified (GM) foods are foods produced from GMO that have had their DNA altered through genetic engineering. GM foods were first put on the market in the early 1990s. The most common modified foods are derived from plants: soybean, corn, canola cotton seed oil and wheat.


2008-07-05

Identifying GMOs at the Grocery Store  

Just say NO to GMOs!

We love food, in packages, which state what they are not in these days. No preservatives, non-GMO, with no added sugar, MSG-free, no artificial flavors or colors, etc. It is the ind sad that we live in a world where what is not in it is often as important as what is. Unfortunately, when we visit the Gang produce fancy packaging with clear identification missing. Most organic products are either in a section on its own or with signs as "organic". But, if you want to avoid genetically modified produce the best of luck. Neither signs or labelling is to encourage these suspicions, fruits and veggies.

The with GM's problem is that we have no idea what this potential nightmare Frankenstein-like plants pose and we will probably not know for a really long time. Messing around with Mother Nature can be a recipe for disaster. For example, tobacco plants were genetically produce gamma-linoleic acid. However, the plants produce above all the toxic product actadecatetraenic acid. Unmodifizierte tobacco plants do not produce this toxic substance. Yeast has been genetically modified to receive increased fermentation. An unexpected side effect was an accumulation of metabolites methyl-glyoxal in toxic and mutagenic concentrations.Not only do we not know the health risks in consumption of genetically modified foods, but the impact they could have on the environment is another concern. But how can we know what produce is genetically modified? It's all in the Numbers!

We hate 8, 9, but is OK!

That is the catch-phrase I consider when shopping for produce. The tiny stickers on produce, that the banks know what rings up at the registers have a story to tell. Most have only a four-digit code, which are your regelmaigen, pesticides grown produce. If five bodies, all you have to do is look at the first row. If it begins with a 9 It is in order. Fantastic even. A nine means it is organically grown. But it's okay to hate the number 8th Produce, the eight as the beginning of genetically modified. Avoid them!

If it is not enough to have to read labels like a detective in those days, now we have to decipher codes in the course to produce. But with this little catch-phrase, at least you can crack the code!

 

Ellen Holder is co-founder of CarenOnline, an ecommerce store for natural, organic and chemical free skin care products. As an advocate of chemical-free living, Ms. Holder coaches families and small business owners on ways to eliminate synthetic chemicals wherever possible in order to improve their health, their businesses and their lives.

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