How to I.D. Genetically Modified Food at the Supermarket
From Spence Cooper’s post at Friends Eat Blog:
For conventionally grown fruit, (grown with chemicals inputs), 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 (GM) fruit has a five-numeral PLU prefaced by the number 8.Isn’t that simple?



