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Product Labels—Organic, conventional or GMO |
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Product Labels—Organic, conventional or GMO
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Darrell Miller | 10/15/05 |
Date:
October 15, 2005 01:44 PM
Author: Darrell Miller
(dm@vitanetonline.com)
Subject: Product Labels—Organic, conventional or GMO
Product Labels—Organic, conventional or GMO
Have you ever wondered how the cashier at the grocery store knows that the produce you’ve selected is organic, conventional or genetically modified? The answer is right on the label.
Conventional produce—that is fruits and vegetables grown traditionally—has four digit number on the label which always begins with a 4. For example, 4011 is bananas—no mater which store you purchase them in.
Organic Produce—that is fruits and vegetables grown organically—has a five digit number on the label which begins with a 9. So if the above bananas are organic, the number on the label would be 94011.
Genetically modified produce—that is fruits and vegetables grown with genetic modifications—has a five digit number on the label that begins with an 8. So, again, if the above bananas were GMO, the number on the label would be 84011..
Who developed this numbering system? The numeric system was developed by the Produce Electronic Identification Board, an affiliate of that Produce Marketing Association, a trade group for the produce industry. These label standards apply on the fruits and vegetables in the United States.
Frankenfood Code
Conventional produce: 4011
Genetically modified produce: 84011
Organic Produce: 94011
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