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> It's a common belief that the seed used to produce the
> oil was genetically modified, but what I've read 
> indicates that it is not.

If I read your statement correctly, you're saying that canola oil is not 
prepared from genetically modified (GMO) seed?  If so, I would check 
your source.  Not only is it used, it now contaminates most rape to oil 
production.  Additionally, Monsanto has been extremely agressive with 
Canadian farmers...even those whose fields were contaminated from pollen 
blown into their crops.  As long as it contains GMO DNA, Monsanto feels 
it is due cash, and unfortunately, even the supreme court in Canada has 
agreed...even on nearby fields owned by the same farmer in which NO GMO 
DNA had been found...but they felt would logically be contaminated 
through pollination.  Some time ago I saw a group of farmers discussing 
other tactics by company minions sent out to ferret out GMO DNA.  They 
said some had been promised goods and/or money for telling on neighbors, 
there were numerous accounts of tresspassing, etc.