ORGANIC CONTAMINATION
February 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A LARGE proportion of food sold in Britain as organic or as health foods contain traces of genetically modified (GM) ingredients, according to a University of Glamorgan study. Researchers tested 25 products containing soya and discovered that 10 samples tested positive for GM ingredients, even though eight were labelled "organic" or "GM free".
A LARGE proportion of food sold in Britain as organic or as health foods contain traces of genetically modified (GM) ingredients, according to a University of Glamorgan study. Researchers tested 25 products containing soya and discovered that 10 samples tested positive for GM ingredients, even though eight were labelled "organic" or "GM free".
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