Posted on 11/15/2014 3:28:37 PM PST by Bettyprob
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co.'s new genetically modified potato. But one of the company's oldest business partners — McDonald's — hasn't.
The fast-food giant says it doesn't use genetically modified potatoes, the Idaho Statesman reported. "McDonald's USA does not source GMO potatoes, nor do we have current plans to change our sourcing practices," the company said in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
I worked many years here in the PNW for an arch enemy of Simplot (in IT). My company was always very willing to disclose information to customers or customers of customers (except when it was a trade secret and there are many). Companies used to steal technologies from us all the time going all the way back to the first mass production fry cutting machine.
They spray all over the globe.. Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing,, It’s all about climate change and control yaknow..
“GMO potatoes may make economic sense, but too many consumers are uncomfortable with the possible side effects to incorporate them now. I can see the screaming picketers already, No GMO!! Arrest me now!
16 posted on 11/15/2014, 7:01:52 PM by lee martell “
No picketing or rioting here. But I absolutely do want to know so I can decide on my own, (and not based upon the media and Madison Ave lies) if I want to buy them. Monsanto and the factory food industry and their owned pols seem to think consumers should have no rights to knowledge or as country of origin or GMO.
“Did you “want to know” a few hundred years ago when Maize was made into modern Corn?”
I’m around now and I want to know.
hardly
There is a difference between selective breeding and GMO produced in a lab.
Yes I was and yes I did.
The Free Market is saying we want to know. Why are you against the free market?
Bump!
Can somebody tell me what the difference is between GMO corn (or any vegetable or fruit) and hybrid corn, created from two or more species of corn? What’s wrong with it?
I didn't know I was.
I thought I was commenting about anti-GMO environmentalists.
“What’s wrong with it?”
Nothing. The Luddites are out and screaming about science they know nothing about because it makes them feel special.
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“I thought I was commenting about anti-GMO environmentalists.”
aka consumers
aka the free market
BTW your mixing those who want to know whats in their food with those talking point monikers is dishonest and you know it.
know nothing about it?
Prove it.
It is impossible to prove a negative.
Yep Dat Der is gud science your usen two ssuperd GMOs
Nobody is lying to you. Every agricultural product you eat has been genetically modified. Every. Single. One. Given that fact, why would Simplot, or any other company in the food industry, need to inform you that you are consuming genetically engineered food?
The FDA only requires labeling if a food raises legitimate questions related to nutrition or safe use. People who understand the science involved know that there are no legitimate questions regarding the nutritional content and safety of GMO food.
Labeling mandates based solely on an alleged consumers’ "right to know," rather than on a product’s measurable characteristics, is in violation of the Constitution.
You are not allowed to demonize a product, or to create fear about a product, unless you can prove that there is a problem with the nutrition or safety of that product.
Instead of demanding that government force industry to label their products even more than they already do, perhaps you should simply buy organic food products. The organic industry will appreciate you paying more for products that deliver absolutely no additional benefits.
One thing about this new GMO spud is that it contains less acrylamide, which is a known rat carcinogen. You'd think the food Luddites and assorted chemicalphobes would appreciate the fact that these potatoes deliver less cancer causing compounds when eaten.
If they weren't whining about GMO, they'd be complaining about acrylamide. No good work goes unpunished.
Yeah, the gene gun in the lab is faster, more accurate and creates less questions about safety than selective breeding.
I see you're finally coming around. Good on you.
Not quite. Big difference between selective breeding that our ancestors did and splicing RoundUp resistant genes into crops in the lab.
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