Stores seek help on non-GM foods

20 March 2000



Stores seek help on non-GM foods

SUPERMARKETS are to be advised by the food industry how to secure supplies of conventionally grown crops, in response to demand for non-genetically modified produce.

It hopes to encourage new deals with soya and maize growers in the USA who have not switched to GM production, reports The Guardian.

The newspaper says this represents a massive shift by the British Retail Consortium and the Food and Drink Federation.

Two years ago it says the industry claimed it was impossible to segregate non-GM soya from the new strains during storage, transport and processing.

Soya is contained in about 60% of all processed foods.

• The Guardian 20/03/2000 page13