Kraft bans GM foods in China

by James Yu, Posted Dec 22nd 2005 @ 3:06PM

In a refreshingly surprising report, Kraft has stated that it will stop employing genetically modified (GM)food ingredients in China by 2007. This, coming from the world's second-largest food producer, is a big step, I think, in the right direction. Apparently, the Chinese are more picky than we are about the use of GM ingredients in their foods. But who knows? Perhaps Kraft will make one of the first big thrusts against the tide of GM in America?

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Filed Under: Business, Non-GMO, Ingredients
Tags: asia, china, genetically modified, GeneticallyModified, ingredients, kraft, organic

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12-23-2005 @1:51AM Wayne said... omigosh...GM foods!

First the A-bomb..then GM foods.....eeeeekkkkk
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12-23-2005 @11:31AM Jacob Pulliam said... While I'm not happy with the way GM foods are marketed, and I don't like the idea of copyrighting genes, I find no problem with the idea of GM food and I've tried to figure out why people are against it. Yes it is a very young science and we have a lot to learn but this technology has the potential to save millions of lives, and increase the quality of life for millions of people in less fortunate countries. Just because we live in wealthy first world nations does not mean that should ignore the problems with food supply and nutrition in less fortunate countries. I challenge anybody who argues against GM food to try farming enough food to feed your family without the use of pesticides or fertilizers, very little water, and constant crop diseases.
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12-23-2005 @1:26PM M-L said... I don't get it either, Jacob. It's the same thing with irradiated foods. Oh no! Not radiation! Apparently people would rather keep enjoying their salmonella and worse outbreaks than to truly understand the benefits of irradiation. criminy!
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