March 25, 2005

Frankenfood?

Wire service story in today's paper is a reminder that some people think it's really not safe to eat anything.

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Rutgers professor William Hallman of the Food Policy Institute did a study on the public's perception of genetically modified food. Important, because three-quarters of all processed food contains GM ingredients.

Fewer than half the shoppers surveyed didn't know that. But over half the shoppers did believe that supermarket chicken was genetically modified. As it happens, that would be illegal. Hungry for more?

Posted by Ronald Holden at March 25, 2005 4:28 PM | TrackBack