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>And we may soon have Cattle labeled as GMO / Genome-Edit Free as selling point A lot of food I buy has labels saying GMO-free on it. Although maybe that's jus
by Thorrez 5y ago
>And we may soon have Cattle labeled as GMO / Genome-Edit Free as selling point
A lot of food I buy has labels saying GMO-free on it. Although maybe that's just to distinguish from GMO plants currently.
- klondike_ 5y agoThere are actually very few GMO crops available commercially. Mostly corn and wheat. The "No GMO" label is meaningless for most products that don't use these ingredients
- ksec 5y agoAnd potatoes.
- ben_w 5y agoMost of the hard cheese I eat was processed with genetically modified bacterial rennet, and would otherwise not be vegetarian.
- exhilaration 5y agoYup. I would say at this point 99% of the cheese consumed by Americans is produced with GMO bacterial rennet. I've contacted maybe a dozen cheese producers and they've told me the same thing. It's not just about lower cost, but that is the biggest factor, one producer told me it's also about bacterial rennet being much more consistent and predictable.
- bluGill 5y agoThere is no GMO wheat available. Lots of corn and a few. Others, but so far no wheet
- kickout 5y agoOther have also commented, but this is mostly a marketing ploy. Non-GMO is not a regulated term and most things we eat have do not have a 'GMO' alternative.
- gruez 5y ago>Non-GMO is not a regulated term and most things we eat have do not have a 'GMO' alternative. Source? A search turns up: https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2016/09/21/new-allowances-including-non-gmo-statement-certified-organic-meat-and-poultry https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2016/09/21/new-allowances-in...
- kickout 5y agoOrganic is the regulated term. Again, GMO is not a regulated term. The fact you see companies using it to try and extract a premium is the result of marketing, not a defined technical certification.