Tuesday, 12 July 2011

Belive it or not!!

Hey girls! i was reading up some artical on GM foods and it says that according to FDA, the companies that uses gm foods are not required to disclose the information, meaning they do not have to tell us if the ingredients are being Genetic modified, in addition, it was estimated that about 80% of our processed food are genetically modified, so how do we know if the food we purchased are gm or not??

One "the most common GMO ingredients are non-organic soy, canola, corn and now beet sugar, including all of their derivatives like corn oil, corn syrup, soy protein, soy sauce and canola oil. Avoid products that contain these ingredients unless they are certified organic, as it is highly probable they are GMO." (

GMO 101: What you need to know about genetically modified foods, july 10th 2011)


 So basically these few ingredients are needed in abundant amount to feed the growing population, thus genetic engineering may be necessary to support it, in terms of resistance and bulk. Many people, especially developed countries, demands transparency in their food, yes if you buy a fan, they can say made in india, then low quality plastic but its cheap. You may still buy it right? However, if the food contains Genetically modified ingredient, high chance that we may be afraid and rather chooses not to buy, and these companies would suffer huge loss.  so it is either man kind reduce reproduction rate or choose gm food for help.


Resource : http://www.lodinews.com/online_features/how_to/article_52b5f7d0-cdb6-5f0a-b18a-773898d77808.html
 -Quanjin

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