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To: Anthony Wong who wrote (2159)	6/10/1999 3:02:00 AM
From: Dan Spillane	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2539

Surprise! That story is screwed up. The US and others ARE selling genetically modified soy to Europe, it's called STS soy, and is genetically modified through chemical mutagenesis. Guess what? It's labeled as "non-genetic" soy before it is shipped, even though it is herbicide tolerant and genetically modified. I wrote a letter to a foreign newspaper about this, but they wouldn't print it. Next, I am writing to the New Scientist. The bottom line is they can't really put a "GM-free" label on it and be correct in any sense of language, when they are getting soy from other places which says "non-genetic" but is genetically modified. I don't quite understand the point of the story you posted...it's not your fault. Ummm...are others in the UK putting these labels on too? Also, they talk about pizzas. Are they phasing out cheese made from chymosin, the first genetically engineered food product introduced in 1988 and in most of the US and European cheeses? We need to call them on the telephone about this, they certainly can't label a pizza "GM-free" if it uses any of this cheese. Re: Northern Foods go GM-free