Morrisons and GM Feed
You might not be aware that Morrisons supermarkets have recently relaxed their policy on GM (genetically modified) feed in their own label poultry products. I received this response from their customer services dept recently:"Morrisons is not altering its policy on the use of GM in food: we do not use genetically modified ingredients in any of our own brand products and have no plans to change this. However, in order to ease pressure on farmers and to strengthen our ability to hold down prices for consumers, we are no longer specifying that our poultry farmers use non-GM feed..............Food from animals fed on authorised GM crops is as safe as food from animals fed on non-GM crops. However, we understand that some customers want meat products that are from animals fed a non-GM diet and we offer those consumers choice through our organic range."In contrast to Morrison's last paragraph, there is now mounting evidence that GM feed does not get fully broken down in the guts of animals fed on it and can also cause them considerable health problems. There is not much evidence that eating said animals is safe for humans in the long term. If you want to avoid poultry fed on GM feed, go to Sainsburys or M&S, or buy organic.
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