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Eat The Weeds by Green Deane, the most watched forager in the world. Where does YOUR FOOD come from? Local Harvest / Farmers Markets / Family Farms / CSA / Organic Food. FDA rules won't require labeling of genetically modified salmon. As the Food and Drug Administration considers whether to approve genetically modified salmon, one thing seems certain: Shoppers staring at fillets in the seafood department will find it tough to pick out the conventional fish from the one created with genes from another species.

FDA rules won't require labeling of genetically modified salmon

Despite a growing public demand for more information about how food is produced, that won't happen with the salmon because of idiosyncracies embedded in federal regulations. The FDA says it cannot require a label on the genetically modified food once it determines that the altered fish is not "materially" different from other salmon - something agency scientists have said is true. Perhaps more surprising, conventional food makers say the FDA has made it difficult for them to boast that their products do not contain genetically modified ingredients. 'The public wants to know' "Extra labeling only confuses the consumer," said David Edwards, director of animal biotechnology at the Biotechnology Industry Organization.

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Miracle Fruit Research

There are reports showing that lab animals given a Miracle Fruit diet ended up healthier at the end of testing than the control animals that ate none! Improvement of insulin resistance by miracle fruit (sYNSEPALUM DULCIFICUM) in fructose-rich-chow-fed rats. - In PTR. Phytotherapy Research. Trade Winds Fruit - Tropical Fruit and Plant Seeds.