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GMO Products in Supermarket in Thailand

Habsoh — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:26:42 +0000

Greenpeace Southeast Asia conducted surveys with food manufacturers and retailers in Thailand inquiring them about their policies regarding genetically modified organisms in food.
Apart from the policy statements/questionnaires, supporting documents, e.g. certificates from suppliers, product testing results, were also required.

Greenpeace, from time to time, takes samples of the products on supermarket shelves for laboratory testing at an independent DNA laboratory. Then we categorized the companies and their products into 3 lists based mainly on their policies.

Green List

Greenlist represents companies that implement a non-GMO policy. These companies sent us a clear statement along with supporting documents showing that they avoid using GMO ingredients in their products.

Grey List

Greylist represents companies that are in the process of implementing non-GMO policies but haven’t successfully done so. After a period of one year, if they failed to prove that they implement a non-GMO policy, they will be moved to the Blacklist.

Black List

Blacklist represents companies that have no policies to avoid using GMO ingredients in their products either by stating it in their policy statements or by not replying to Greenpeace Southeast Asia in writing.

Note: The lists are periodically updated according to changes in companiesâ€™ policies and latest test results. Please visit this page regularly for updates

Products for children

Green List

Dumex Ltd. 0-2740-3300
à¹ Dumex
à¹ Dumilk
à¹ Mamex (Infant Formula)
à¹ Mamil (Follow-on Formula)Â Â Â Â
Wyeth-Ayerst (Thailand) 0-2231-3710à¹ S-26, S-26 Gold (Infant Formula)
à¹ S-26 Promil, S-26 Promil Gold
à¹ S-26 pRBristol-Myers Squibb (Thailand) Ltd. 0-2758-7855Â
à¹ Enfagrow, Enfagrow DH 1
à¹ Enfapro, Enfakid
à¹ Enfalac1
à¹ Alacta-NF
à¹ ProsobeeForemost Friesland (Thailand) Public Ltd.
0-2273-0215-23à¹ UHT Milk., UHT drinking yoghurt
à¹ Sweetened Condensed Filled milk
à¹ Dairy creamerABBOTT LABORATORIES (Thailand) Ltd.
0-2252-1789à¹ Isomil
à¹ ENSURE
à¹ Pediasure powder
à¹ PediaSure Liquid
à¹ Jevity Fiber
à¹ Similac Advance (Infant Formula) New Zealand Milk (Thailand) Ltd. 0-2381-9955à¹ ANMUM
à¹ ANLEAN, ANLEAN GOLD
à¹ ANCHORÂ Â Â

Black List
Nestle (Thai) Ltd.
0-2657-8000Â Â Â Â
à¹ Cerelac mixed vegetable
à¹ LACTOGEN (Modified Milk Powder Follow-on Formula)
à¹ LACTOGEN GOLD
à¹ Carnation (Modified Milk Powder, Vanilla Flavour)
à¹ Bear Brand Prebio 1
à¹ NAN (Modified Milk Powder for infant)
à¹ Alsoy
Novartis Nutrition (Thailand) Ltd.
0-2973-5555à¹ Gerber Snow Brand Siam Ltd.
0-2253-6449, 0-2254-5715à¹ Snow Brand F-Plus Beta
à¹ Snow Brand P7-L Beta (Modified Milk Powder for infant from Birth)
à¹ Snow Brand T-1 InstantÂ
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Soya Milk / Corn Milk / Milk Dairy Product

Green List
LACTASOY Ltd.
0-2396-0320-7à¹ Lactasoy UHT Soy Milk
à¹ Lactasoy Sterilized Soy Milk,Green Spot (Thailand) Ltd.
0-2533-0280-5
à¹ Vitamilk, Vitamilk Champ UHT Soy Milk
à¹ V-Soy Soy Milk, Dairy Plus Co.,Ltd.
0-5631-6822-6à¹ Dutch Milk Dna UHT Soy MilkDoi Kham Food Products Co.,Ltd.
0-2628-9100-8à¹ Doi Kham Instant Soy Milk PowderMalee Sampran Public Co.,Ltd.
0-2992-5800à¹ Sweet Corn Milk I-CornRiver Kwai International Food Industry Co.,Ltd.
0-3465-3323-4à¹ Corn Milk Tastee Dairy Belle Co.,Ltd.
0-2421-0502à¹ Dairy Belle Ice Cream
à¹ St.Dairy Ice Cream
à¹ Little Belle Ice CreamDBooncharoen Pokekaphan co.Ltd.
0-2533-0118à¹ Ohayo Soy milk

Gray List

Sahacharoen EnterpriseÂ Â Â Â
à¹ Corn Milk – Freshe corn
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Black List

Nestle (Thai) Ltd.
0-2657-8000Â Â Â
à¹ Nestle Soy Milk
à¹ Nestle SoyPlus
à¹ Nestle Ice Cream
Unilever Holding (Thailand) Ltd.
0-2554-2900à¹ WALLS Ice Cream

Instant NoodleÂ

Green list

Thai President Foods Public Co.,Ltd.
0-2374-4730Â Â Â
à¹ MAMA, MAMA Cup Noodle
Wan Thai Foods Industry Ltd.
0-2517-0944à¹ Yum Yum, Yum Yum Noodle DeeThai Preserved Food Factory Ltd.
0-2811-5101-6à¹ Wai Wai Instant Noodle
à¹ Wai Wai rice vermicelli Nissin Foods (Thailand) Ltd.
0-3848-1352à¹ Nissin Cup Noodle, Nissin Mini Cup Noodle
à¹ Nissin YakisobaÂ

Tofu Product

Green List

Bangkok Agro-Industrial Products PCL.
0-2968-3781Â Â Â
à¹ BAP Tofu Products
Booncharoen Pokekapan Ltd. 0-2533-0118à¹ Nurse Brand Vita Tofu Soybean CurdCherry Food Industry Ltd.
0-2819-2015à¹ Mountain Brand Tofu Products
à¹ Sakura Brand Tofu ProductsIntat-thanakorn Ltd.
0-2890-4551-3à¹ Seng-Heng Tofu ProductsSoya Foods Ltd.
0-3422-8284 à¹ Aungkee Tofu Products Thai Advance Food (2001) Ltd.
0-3428-7593-4à¹ Kaset Brand Tofu Products
à¹ Mae-bann Brand Tofu Products

Sauce & Seasoning

Green list

YAN WAL YUN Ltd.
0-2674-7990-9Â Â Â
à¹ Healthy Boy Brand Seasoning Sauce/ Soybean Sauce/ Soybean Paste
Heinz Win Chance Ltd.
0-2315-1170-2à¹ HEINZ Tomato KetchupHi-Q Food Products Ltd.
0-2750-0505à¹ ROZA Brand Tomato Paste/ Tomato Sauce
à¹ Hi-Q Brand Tomato PasteCherry Food Industry Ltd.
0-2463-3417à¹ SAKURA Soybean Sauce/ Japanese Soybean PasteChuew huad Ltd.
0-3838-1114à¹ Chalark Tong Seasoning Sauce/ Chili Sauce
à¹ Chuew huad Seasoning SauceChonburi Tra Maekrua Chalark Tong Ltd.
0-3838-4597-8à¹ Maekrua Chalark Tong Fish Sauce/ Soybean SauceNguan-Chiang Food Industry Ltd.
0-2463-0117à¹ Nguan-Chiang Seasoning Sauce/ Soybean Sauce/ Soybean PasteC.P. Inter Food (Thailand) Ltd.
0-2989-7613-7à¹ Choice (Chicken Seasoning Powder)Pantainorasingh Manufacturer Ltd.
0-2270-0364à¹ Pantainorasingh Seasoning Sauce/ Soybean Sauce/ Soybean Paste
Thai Agri-pack Ltd.
0-2906-8899à¹ BROOK / MICA Tomato SauceThai Theparos Food Products PCL.
0-2703-4444à¹ Golden Mountain Seasoning Sauce/Tomato Ketchup/Fermented Soy Sauce
à¹ Sriraja Panich Chilli Sauce
à¹ Kinzan Seasoning Sauce Universal Food Public Co.,Ltd. 0-2237-6934-6à¹ UFC Soybean Paste Ajinomoto Co.,(Thailand) Ltd,
0-2247-7000 à¹ Ajinomoto (Flavour Enchancer)
à¹ Ajinomoto Plus
à¹ Ros Dee , Ros Dee Krua Krob Ros
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Black List

Nestle (Thai) Ltd.
0-2657-8000Â Â Â
à¹ Maggi Sprinkling and Dipping Sauce/ Oyster Sauce Unilever Holding (Thailand) Ltd.
0-2554-2900à¹ Knorr Oyster Sauce
Tanawat Industrial Ltd.
0-2235-6656à¹ Kikkoman Soy Sauce Globo Foods Ltd.
0-2755-0400-5 à¹ Lobo Chicken Gravy Mix
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Instant Soup
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Green List

Malee Sampran Public Co.,Ltd.
0-3431-1310Â Â Â
à¹ MALEE Cream Style Corn Soup
Ajinomoto Co.,(Thailand) Ltd,
0-2247-7000
à¹ Vo Instant soup.

Black list

Unilever Holding (Thailand) Ltd.
0-2554-2900Â Â Â
à¹ Knorr Cup Jok
à¹ Knorr Cup Soup (Instant Cream Soup corn flavored)
SINO-PACIFIC TRADING (THAILAND) Co.,Ltd.
0-2681-5081à¹ CAMPBELLâ€™S Condensed Soup Golden Corn

Sausage

Green List

C.P. Inter Food (Thailand) Ltd.
0-2989-7613-7Â Â Â
à¹ CPIF Sausage/ Bacon/ Ham/ Bologna / Ball

Bangkok Produce Merchandising Public Co.,Ltd.
0-2675-5119à¹ BKP Sausage, Ham, Bologna
à¹ BKP Hom Mali Rice Burger
à¹ Se-chuan Pork Ball
à¹ Be Fish Fish TofuThai-German Meat Product Ltd.
0-3857-0279-81à¹ Sandwich Ham TGM
à¹ Wiener Sausage TGM
à¹ Bacon TGM
à¹ BolognaHealth Foods Ltd.
0-2510-0051à¹ Chicken Sausage : Saha Farm, Health Foods, E-sarn, Farm
à¹ Chicken ball : Saha Farm, Health Foods, E-sarn, Farm
à¹ Chicken Ham : Saha Farm, Health Foods
à¹ Chicken Spring Roll /Chicken products : Saha Farm, Health Foods Nutrition House Ltd.
0-2689-9612-5à¹ J.V. Veggie Chinese Sausages Srithai Food & Beverage PCL.
0-2312-4289à¹ Srithai Sausage/ Bacon/ Ham/ Ball

Black List

Bangkok Ham Product Supply Ltd.
0-2719-8322-3Â Â Â
à¹ One Pig Sausage/ Bacon/ Ham
Be Lucky
0-2212-2410-4à¹ BE LUCKY SausageBetagro Group
0-2955-0555à¹ Better Food Sausage/ Ham
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Instant Cereal BaveragesÂ

Green List

Chantong Food Ltd.
0-2931-9182Â Â Â
à¹ GOODTIME Instant Cereal BeverageUseful Food Ltd.
0-2653-7450-68
à¹ Donae Cereal for Breakfast
à¹ Donae Bar
L.K.S. Food Maker Ltd.
0-2673-0500-2
à¹ INNA Instant Nutritious Cereal
Ampol Food Processing Ltd.
0-2226-1829à¹ V-Fit Cereal DrinkXongder Thai Organic Food Co., Ltd.
0-3555-1223à¹ Instant Nutritious Tipco F&B co.,Ltd
0-2273-6000
à¹ Cereal Beverage , Nature up BrandÂ Â
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Black List

Nestle (Thai) Ltd.
0-2657-8000Â Â Â
à¹ Nesvita Instant Cereal Beverage
à¹ Nestle Trix
à¹ Nestle Gold Cereal
à¹ Nestle Koko Krunch
à¹ Nestle Corn flake / Nestle Choco flake / Nestle Snow flake
à¹ Nestle Honey Stars
à¹ Milo Cereal for Breakfast
à¹ Milo 3 in 1

Goldroast Food (Songkla)
0-7423-5573à¹ GOLDROAST Instant Cereal BeverageBerli Jucker Foods Ltd. (distributor)
0-2367-1111à¹ Quacker
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Snack

Green List

Berli Jucker Foods Ltd.
0-2367-1111Â Â Â
à¹ TASTO Potato Chips
à¹ PARTY Butter Caramel Popcorn
Useful food Ltd.
0-2653-7450-68à¹ POTAE, PAPRIKA, KOB KOB Potato snack
à¹ CORNAE Corn snackCalbee Tanawat Ltd.
0-2367-5731-5à¹ Calbee Prawn Cracker
à¹ Jaxx French Fries
à¹ SAPPORO FRY French Fries
à¹ DO RE MI Sweet Potato snack
à¹ SEA FISH Fish Cracker
à¹ YAKICORN Corn GritsFriendship Ltd.
0-2906-3050-64à¹ Hanami Prawn Cracker
à¹ Corn PuffThai President Foods Public Co.,Ltd.
0-2374-4730à¹ BISSIN Biscuits
à¹ HOMEY Cracker SINO-PACIFIC TRADING (THAILAND) Co.,Ltd.
0-2681-5081à¹ Loacker

Gray List

Frito-Lay Thailand Ltd.
0-2937-6262Â Â Â
à¹ Lay Potato Chips
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Black list

Nestle (Thai) Ltd.
0-2657-8000Â Â Â
à¹ Star Fish
à¹ Kit Kat Wafer
PROCTER & GAMBLE TRADING (Thailand) Ltd.
0-2667-5000à¹ Pringles Potato CrispsKraft Foods (Thailand) Ltd.
0-2637-8582-8à¹ RITZ Cracker

Canned Foods

Green list
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Pataya Food Industries Ltd.
0-2295-2640
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à¹ Nautilus Canned Seafood ProductÂ Â Â Â
Kuang Peisan food Products PCL.
0-7527-6088à¹ Smiling Fish Canned Seafood ProductThai Union Manufacturing Ltd.
0-3481-6441-6
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à¹ Sealect Canned Seafood Product Hi-Q Canning (Pattanee) Ltd.
0-27333-7972à¹ ROZA Canned Seafood Product
à¹ Hi-Q Canned Seafood ProductMalee Sampran Public Co.,Ltd.
0-2992-5800à¹ MALEE Canned Seasonal Fruit
à¹ MALEE Canned Beverage
à¹ MALEE Kernel Corn in BrineUniversal Food Public Co.,Ltd.
0-2237-8010-9à¹ UFC Canned Baby Corn
à¹ UFC Canned JuiceRiver Kwai International Food Industry Co.,Ltd.
0-3465-3323-4à¹ TASTEE Canned Sweet Corn
à¹ TASTEE Kernel Corn in BrineTipco Foods (Thailand) PCL.
0-2271-0041à¹ TIPCO Canned Tropical Fruit
à¹ TIPCO Fruit JuiceKuiburi Fruit Canning Co.,Ltd.
0-2881-0530-5à¹ KFC Canned Tropical Fruit
à¹ KFC Concentrated Juice

Department Stores

Green List

Green net
0-2651-9055-6Â Â Â
à¹ Green Net

Lemon Farm
0-2575-2222à¹ House Brand Foods Product â€œLemon Farmâ€Carrefour
0-2677-3377à¹ House Brand Foods Product â€œCarrefourâ€ Big C Supercenter
0-2655-0666à¹ House Brand Foods Product â€œLEADER PRICEâ€
à¹ House Brand Foods Product â€œFIRST PRICEâ€
TOPS SUPERMARKET
0-2937-1700à¹ House Brand Foods Product â€œTOPSâ€

Black list

TESCO LOTUS
0-2722-9640-79Â Â Â
à¹ House Brand Foods Product â€œSupersaveâ€
à¹ House Brand Foods Product â€œKhumkaâ€MAKRO
0-2704-7000à¹ House Brand Foods Product â€œMAKROâ€
Source of Information: Greepeace Southeast Asia

Use Your Consumer rights

Habsoh — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:32:02 +0000

Use your consumer rights
Tell the food manufacturers/companies that you don’t want any GMO ingredients in your food by calling them, sending them letters or emails. Their numbers are listed in this guide. Usually the manufacturer’s contact address and phone number appears on the label on the side of the package.

Some of multinational food companies are practicing double standards by announcing a non-GMO policy in some countries especially in Europe but still use GMO ingredients in Asia. As a consumer, we can demand the same standards all over the world.Ask supermarkets/food retailers in your neighborhood whether they are implementing a non-GMO policy or not, and request only non-GMO ingredients.

Demand for consumers’ right to know and right to say no to GMOs by writing letters or calling the government or the Prime Minister asking for a comprehensive and strict labeling regulation and a ban on GMO imports for the safety of our children and food security of the nation.

Office of the Prime Minister: Tel. 0-2280-3777, 0-2282-8874; Fax: 0-280-1443

Information by Greenpeace Southeast Asia

How to Avoid Genetically Modified Food

Habsoh — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:05:28 +0000

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

Genetically Modified Food

Habsoh — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 02:35:05 +0000

A genetically modified food is a food product derived in whole or part from a genetically modified organism (GMO) such as a crop plant, animal or microbe such as yeast. Genetically modified foods have been available since the 1990s. The principal ingredients of GM foods currently available are derived from genetically modified soybean, maize and canola.

Some governments have a very strong mutual disagreement over the labelling and traceability requirements for GM food products. For example, the European Union and Japan require labelling and traceability while regulatory agencies in the United States do not believe these requirements are necessary and the United States claims that bans on sale of GM products violate free trade agreements.

Methods of Genetic Modification

Habsoh — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 02:25:09 +0000

Genetic modification involves genetic engineering, also known as gene splicing, a technique to splice together DNA fragments from more than one organism and thus preparing a “recombinant” DNA molecule in a test tube, producing a single piece of genetic material containing the original information from multiple fragments which can then be inserted into another organism.

This is achieved by cutting up DNA molecules with restriction enzymes and splicing these fragments together using DNA ligase. A transgenic organism that contains such DNA sequences from a foreign organism integrated into its own genome, the term “transgenic” literally means across gene. A mouse or fish engineered to express the green fluorescence protein, for example, would be considered a transgenic organism, since the gene coding for the protein originated from a species of jellyfish.

(GMO) genetically modified organism

Habsoh — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 02:03:00 +0000

genetically modified organism (GMO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using techniques in genetics generally known as recombinant DNA technology. Recombinant DNA technology is the ability to combine DNA molecules from different sources into the one molecule in a test tube. Thus, the abilities or the phenotype of the organism, or the proteins it produces, can be altered through the modification of its genes.

The term generally does not cover organisms whose genetic makeup has been altered by conventional cross breeding or by “mutagenesis” breeding, as these methods predate the discovery of the recombinant DNA techniques. Technically speaking, however, such techniques are, by definition, genetic modification.

Examples of GMOs are diverse, and include transgenic experimental animals such as mice, several fish species, transgenic plants, or various microscopic organisms altered for the purposes of genetic research or for the production of pharmaceuticals. The term “genetically modified organism” does not necessarily imply, but does include, transgenic substitution of genes from another species, and research is actively being conducted in this field. For example, genes for fluorescent proteins can be co-expressed with complex proteins in cultured cells to facilitate study by biologists, and modified organisms are used in researching the mechanisms of cancer and other diseases.