August
2006
How to Avoid Genetically Modified Food
Watch what you eat!
Take precautionary measures by avoiding food that were found to contain genetically modified ingredients until the companies/manufacturers of that product have implemented a non-GMO policy.
Question imported food from the United States of America, Argentina, or Canada. Together, their GMO acreage are more than 95% of the total GMO acreage around the world. Click here to view the True Food Guide in the United States of America (www.truefoodnow.org)
If a specific company isn’t listed on this guide,
check the label of its products to see whether the ingredients contain soya, maize, products derived from soya or maize or canola oil or cotton seed oil. Major GMO crops that are commercially grown and sold as food crops at the moment are soybeans, maize, canola and cotton. Therefore there is a risk that ingredients derived from these crops could be genetically modified. So if you want to know whether this product contains GMO ingredients, contact the company to know whether it has a non-GMO policy.”
Eat traditional fresh fruits and vegetables locally grown in Thailand since they have not been genetically engineered.
Buy food with raw materials that are grown domestically since the Thai cabinet has imposed a ban on commercial growing and field trials of GMO crops.
Consume organic food where applicable. Besides not using chemicals, one of a requirements for organic agriculture is to be non-GMO. Information about organic food and their availability can be obtained from Green Net at 0-2651-9055
Information by Greenpeace Southeast Asia