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Friday, September 10, 2010

The Quiet Invasion of Genetically Modified Crops | FriendsEAT.com

The Quiet Invasion of Genetically Modified Crops | FriendsEAT.com: "In one form or another, genetically modified food is immersed deep within the entire US food chain, and none of these GM products are labeled anywhere, except in the Price Look-Up (PLU) codes — numbers affixed to produce and other products in grocery stores and supermarkets — that begins with the digit 8. Even GM animal products have been developed, although reportedly not currently on the market. In 2006, a pig was engineered to produce omega-3 fatty acids through the expression of a roundworm gene."

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