"Compared to irradiating foods, genetically modified foods may cause more concern. Genetically modified fruits, grains, and edible oils have gradually become involved in our lives." Last Friday, after seeing successive reports on irradiated food, Yangzhou Xinghai Business The company's advanced call. What are the genetically modified foods on our table? Is genetically modified food a “moonlight box†that can bring infinite blessings to humans, or a “pandora's box†that triggers human genetic changes?
How much does genetically modified food know?
Genetically modified foods are everywhere
"Genetically modified foods are everywhere. The most recent ones are soybean oil, cooking oil, and blend oil. We need to eat it every day," said Mr. Yu. According to him, currently 80% of China's soybeans are imported GM soybeans, so most of the soybean oil, tofu, and soymilk we eat are genetically modified. In addition, some foreign genetically modified cotton, corn and rapeseed also received China's import safety certificate.
Hong Kong Greenpeace is a non-governmental organization that monitors the use of genetically modified food by food traders. The reporter interviewed Shi Pengxiang, director of the GM project of the organization, through the Internet. According to him, from September 24, 1999, the organization organized seven batches and sampled and tested nearly 60 famous food brands in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, and found that 16 samples contained genetically modified components. This includes Nestlé's six products, Pinge Onion flavored chips, Nissin-flavored instant noodles, McDonald's burger noodles, and KFC's French fries and noodles.
The earliest approved GM foods in China are tomatoes and bell peppers. Due to the lack of fine varieties of sweet peppers and no sowing, there are tens of thousands of mu of genetically modified tomatoes in the country. Since then, China has approved another genetically modified food, papaya, which is limited to planting in Guangdong Province. “We randomly tested the genetically modified ingredients sold by supermarkets in March this year and found that the domestically produced papayas are genetically modified papayas, most of which are illegally grown products outside Guangdong Province. It can be said that more than 90% of the papayas sold in supermarkets are genetically modified. "Shi Pengxiang thinks. In fact, China is the fourth sowing country in the world for genetically modified crops. In 2001, the sown area of ​​genetically modified crops in the world exceeded 50 million hectares, and China had 600,000 hectares.
According to him, Hong Kong’s Greenpeace has inquired about 80 famous food producers and agents. They have put a red label on 112 food products that are not willing to make “GMOs-free†promises. Including Nestle, Lotte Ice Cream, Want Want Potato Chips, Pringles Potato Chips, the United States very fresh soy sauce, top flavoring, Asahi beer and other international brands.