Tuesday 31 May 2011

Are u eating GM food???

There was actually a discussion on GM food in The Straits Times web and the topic is
'Do you know how much of your food is genetically modified?'

Do we know??? I guess NO !! L since AVA’s current food regulations do not require GM food to be specially labelled , like all other food products, must meet existing food labelling requirements with regard to ingredient listing and information to facilitate tracing and recall so we are not aware on whether the food we bought has been genetically modified actually. GM food product manufacturers will not state whether the food has been genetically modified, but only to differentiate it with unknown coding or other hidden message on the label. Just like this:

So... do you think it a good thing or bad thing to state on the label clearly so that consumers are being informed of it?
Thinking back, if we are aware that the food is genetically modified, it will more or less affect our buying decisions because people will perhaps become more self-conscious and may not want to buy it. If it was the case, that means GM food will not be able to solve the problem of global malnutrition and fulfill the population. World hungry should be an issue that the world should concern of with increasing population so i guess GM food is afterall a great creation with good initiate objective.

-Yueming 

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