Are GM foods sneaking into the UK?

[greygoose]

gmfreeze.org/actions/5/

dailymail.co.uk/news/articl...

Be ever vigilant!

[humanbean]

Thank you for the heads up! I was under the impression GM foods were banned here, but obviously I got that badly wrong.

[greygoose in reply to humanbean]

I think they are banned, but there are always ways round everything! Especially where money is concerned!!!

[marram in reply to greygoose]

No, not banned. But they have to be labelled.

[greygoose in reply to marram]

Well, that's disappointing! I thought the UK would have the sense to ban them.

[marram in reply to greygoose]

The EU have ruled that it would be 'illegal' to ban them. Monsanto must have paid a LOT of money.

[greygoose in reply to marram]

Makes you lose faith in humanity, doesn't it.

[marram in reply to greygoose]

Yes!

[helvella Administrator]

What counts as a GM food?

Apparently a considerable proportion of vitamin C is made from maize which is GM. Vitamin C is a very pure substance at the end of the production line so the GM aspect is probably irrelevant as regards consuming it - but it leaves people in a position of not being able to entirely opt-out of the GM chains.

[greygoose in reply to helvella]

I would imagine that the definition would be : anything that still has the modified gene in it. If vit C doesn't, then fine.