Genetically Modified Food: We Are What We Eat!

Genetically Modified Food: We Are What We Eat!: "Have you eaten genetically modified food? Do you know in which foods it can be found? Do you know what to do to avoid consuming them? Do you know its possible health effects?

These are the questions that this guide seeks to respond to a consumer audience who demand this information and is increasingly more interested in healthy eating.

Genetically Modified Food (GMO) in Mexico

96.5% of Mexican consumers ignore what are GMOs or don't know if you're eating and what foods, while 98 percent of Mexicans believes that companies must report their labels if their products contain GMOs.

Mexico imports from the United States over 6 million tons of corn each year, of which 45 percent is transgenic corn.

In Mexico, it is forbidden to sow transgenic corn because we are the center of origin of corn and is necessary to protect our varieties of Mexican maize transgenic contamination that may occur if the pollen from the GM maize crosses with our native and hybrid varieties.

However, permission has been granted for 'noncommercial' planting transgenic soybean and cotton.

The health authority allows marketing for human consumption 31 GM soybeans, canola, corn, cotton, potatoes, tomato and alfalfa. These ingredients come into our diets without any control and without our express consent."