On Mon, 25 Aug 2014 03:43:16 +1000, JohnJohn >
wrote:

> On 24 Aug 2014 16:39:06 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
> >On 2014-08-23, JohnJohn > wrote:
> >
> >> I guess, if it's not, they'll proudly state that. If they don't state
> >> it, don't buy it.
> >
> >Not necessarily. For example:
> >
> >Monsanto pulls a lotta strings. When they came out with rBGH, they
> >also got legislation passed making it illegal to advertise "non rBGH"
> >milk, on the basis that even mentioning yer milk is non-rBGH somehow
> >implied rBGH milk is a bad thing (which I believe it is). Regardless,
> >the law was passed and enforced in CA. You can ask Oprah how that
> >works. Why do you think the US/CA/MX are the lone major Western
> >powers that don't label their GMO foods?
> >
> ><http://naturalsociety.com/breakdown-of-gmo-labeling-laws-by-country-global-map/>
>
> That's pretty sick. But:
>
> "rBST [=rBGH] has not been allowed on the market in Canada, Australia,
> New Zealand, Japan, Israel or the European Union since 2000."
>
> So Americans have to do their own research if they want to avoid it.

I think the only way is to look for the organic label. If it doesn't
say organic, you're pretty well assured it has GMOs.


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