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Sticky But Useful Fruit Labels

The Philadelphia Inquirer

 

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/food/3547139.htm

 

As much as we may dislike them, the stickers or labels attached to

fruit speed up the scanning process at checkout. Cashiers no longer

need to distinguish a Fuji apple from a Gala apple, a prickly pear

from a horned melon, or a grapefruit from an ugli fruit.

 

They simply key in the PLU code - the price lookup number printed on

the sticker - and the market's computerized cash register identifies

the fruit by its PLU.

 

The numbers also enable retailers to track how well individual

varieties are selling.

 

For conventionally grown fruit, the PLU code on the sticker consists

of four numbers. Organically grown fruit has a five-numeral PLU

prefaced by the number 9. Genetically engineered fruit has a

five-numeral PLU prefaced by the number 8.

 

So, a conventionally grown banana would be 4011, an organic banana

would be 94011, and a genetically engineered banana would be 84011.

 

The numeric system was developed by the Produce Electronic

Identification Board, an affiliate of the Produce Marketing

Association, a Newark, Del.-based trade group for the produce

industry. As of October 2001, the board had assigned more than 1,200

PLUs for individual produce items.

 

Fruit companies hear plenty of complaints from consumers about

hard-to-remove stickers. Retailers gripe that stickers fall off or

become marred during transport.

 

In response, some shippers have begun using stickers designed with

tabs that make them easier to lift off, and are buying equipment that

applies adhesive to the sticker but not to the tab.

 

Companies are also experimenting with different sticker materials,

such as vinyl, that hold up under a variety of temperature and

moisture conditions.

 

The adhesive now used to attach the stickers is food-grade, but the

stickers themselves aren't edible. To remove stubborn ones, soak in

warm water for a minute or two.

 

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Hi,

I recently purchased a fruit from Wegman's and the PLU code was

3041. Is there a new code? What is the significance of this

one...Thanks...Peace...Pat

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Hi, Pat,

 

I don't know specifically what the PLU# 3041 represents, but it's obviously not organically grown. Only fruits or vegetables with PLU #'s starting with 9 are organically grown. That's all I need to know, other than that those starting with 8 are GMO, to shop relatively safely to avoid most pesticides.

 

Happy New Year,

David

 

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Hi, I recently purchased a fruit from Wegman's and the PLU code was 3041. Is there a new code? What is the significance of this one...Thanks...Peace...Pat

 

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Let me help out here . The number 3 & 8 in the produce section represents the Genetically engineered produce .

Do not buy it . I cannot prove it only because these foods do not have to be identified . It is the law. If you ask in the store no one knows . However lately they have been creeping into the produce aisles.

Only buy 9 or 4

9 Organic

4 Conventional

Lynda

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Lynda,

 

I knew about 8 representing GMO, but I've never heard the same about 3. I believe I recall seeing 3's in Whole Foods, whose managers adamantly deny, at least in principle, selling anything made with GMO's, but my own & others' experiences prove otherwise in the past at least. Even Dr. Tim Trader told me of an incident in the past couple of years at WF when he caught them selling GMO tomatoes while firmly denying it in front of them. Is there an online PLU guide that identifies 3 as GMO for our perusal?

 

David

 

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than blacks were made for whites or women for men." --Alice Walker, Forward to "The Dreaded Comparison" by Marjorie Spiegel"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country."--Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, 1908

Namaska7To: Sent: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 21:37:19 ESTRe: Re: Fwd: [soFlaVegans] Sticky But Useful Fruit Labels

 

Let me help out here . The number 3 & 8 in the produce section represents the Genetically engineered produce .

Do not buy it . I cannot prove it only because these foods do not have to be identified . It is the law. If you ask in the store no one knows . However lately they have been creeping into the produce aisles.

Only buy 9 or 4

9 Organic

4 Conventional

Lynda

 

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What is conventional?

On 1/2/06, Namaska7 <Namaska7 wrote:

 

Let me help out here . The number 3 & 8 in the produce section represents the Genetically engineered produce .

Do not buy it . I cannot prove it only because these foods do not have to be identified . It is the law. If you ask in the store no one knows .

However lately they have been creeping into the produce aisles.

Only buy 9 or 4

9 Organic

4 Conventional

Lynda