Reveal If It’s Organic, Transgenic or Conventional

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When Produce-shopping: A way to Reveal If It’s Organic, Transgenic

or Conventional

 

 

> Since, in their infinite " wisdom " (cough cough) our FDA believes

> Americans don't need or require this information (how convenient for the

> Monsantoes of this world!), we have had to rely on other means of

> discovering what kind of food we are putting in our shopping cart.

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> I remember this information went around some time ago, but it's easy to

> forget - it would probably be a good idea to print this out and keep it

> with whatever you usually take with you to grocery shop, or jot down the

> relevant lines on an index card, for a handy reference in the aisles...

>

> Picked up off an online forum:

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> Produce PLU Codes Reveal If It’s Organic, Transgenic or Conventional

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http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/education/articles-detail.asp?Main_ID=52

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> CHECK YOUR PLU BARCODES ON FRUITS & VEGGIES!!

> ....the PLU of a fruit or vegetable can also provide information to

> consumers—whether it was genetically engineered, grown by organic

> methods or grown by conventional methods.

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> What to Look For:

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> Each type of fruit or vegetable carries the PLU:

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> On stickers on individual fruits and vegetables, like apples and winter

> squash,

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> on tags used to hold together bunches of lettuce, broccoli and other

> similar loose vegetables,

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> or on bags of produce such as potatoes or onions.

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> PLUs consist of 4 to 5 numbers.

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> 4 numbers = conventional produce - STARTING WITH " 4 "

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> 5 numbers, starting with 9 = organic produce

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> 5 numbers, starting with 8 = genetically engineered produce

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> For more information, see:

> International Federation for Produce Coding

> http://www.plucodes.com/

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> See also:

> Foods, Farms and Genetic Engineering, a consumer guide by Mothers &

> Others for a Livable Planet

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