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[Fraise]

Most fresh, frozen, or canned corn is not GMO.

Myth:The corn you buy at the grocery store is genetically modified.
Nope. In fact, most sweet corn available in your grocery store's produce section is not GMO corn, McDaniel says. Field corn, which is harvested later than sweet corn and is processed to be turned into oil, high-fructose corn syrup or other products, is the corn that's typically genetically modified.

That's not to say that genetically engineered sweet corn doesn't exist -- but it is rare. Even though Monsanto has developed and sold seeds for genetically engineered sweet corn, grassroots organization Friends of the Earth tested 71 samples of sweet corn (fresh, frozen and canned) from eight areas around the U.S. to find that only 2.4 percent of the samples had been genetically engineered.

If you're still worried about eating genetically modified sweet corn, McDaniel recommends purchasing organic, as genetic engineering is prohibited in any USDA organic products. ("This means an organic farmer can't plant GMO seeds, an organic cow can't eat GMO alfalfa or corn, and an organic soup producer can't use any GMO ingredients," the USDA notes on its website.)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/corn-health-myths-nutrition_n_5591977.html?ncid=fcbklnkush...

[spindlegirl]

Interesting!

Thanks for posting this Billie.

[Cakers1]

Monsanto has just introduced it's gmo ""corn on the cob"".

It is too simplistic to hone in on corn when so many other food products are gmo.