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  • From: "Bill Russell" <shaman@pennswoods.net>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fruit Labels
  • Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:58:13 -0800

Is there a code # for nuclear irradiated food?

Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "road's end farm" <organic101@linkny.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fruit Labels


>
> On Tuesday, December 16, 2003, at 01:17 PM, Doreen Howard wrote:
>
> > This is from the Chef's Collaborative newsletter, and it's handy
> > information
> > for growers, consumers and garden writers.
> > Doreen Howard
> >
> > A SECRET ECO-LABEL
> > If you find yourself with a sudden fruit craving with nary a farmstand
> > in
> > sight, duck into a supermarket and check out those annoying plastic
> > stickers
> > on the fruit. Conventional produce has a four-digit code starting with
> > the
> > number 4; organic produce has a five-digit code starting with the
> > number 9.
> > Genetically modified produce also has a five-digit code, which starts
> > with
> > the number 8. Right now, papayas are the only genetically modified food
> > available in the produce section. Be aware that PLU (price lookup)
> > stickers
> > are not mandatory and are not used in all stores.
> >
> >
> Are growers and wholesalers currently required to identify GMO produce?
> I didn't think they were; in which case, GMO's might easily be going
> under a conventional label.
>
> There are GMO summer squash on the market, and there may be GMO
> contamination in corn varieties that are not supposed to be GMO. I think
> the previous rounds of GMO potatoes and tomatoes were duds and are not
> currently being grown, but am not sure.
>
> -- Rivka
>
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