[permaculture] gmo produce PLU code for grocery stores (fwd)

Lawrence F. London, Jr. lflj at intrex.net
Wed Apr 2 13:41:46 EDT 2008


>I read an interesting tidbit in a magazine the other day about the 
>PLU numbers for produce at the grocery store -- maybe it is common 
>knowledge but it was news to me.  All conventional produce have a 
>four digit code, organic produce has a 5 digit code that starts with 
>9 and genetically modified produce has a 5 digit code that starts 
>with 8. I didn't realize they had to identify genetically modified 
>produce.




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