The corn starch is probably made from GMO corn and the sugar from GMO sugar beets.

The cows likely ate GMO corn but that is not what resulted in the bioengineered label.

We will be seeing more and more of this labeling as many provisions of the GMO labeling law phase in for 2020. Many (most) processed foods that are not certified organic contain and have contained GMO products for years. Now there is labeling of it...at least some.

I looked at a couple Siggi's labels and see agave nectar and cane sugar as sweeteners. There are not GMO versions of agave or sugar cane. Siggi's yogurt does not list corn starch so no red flag there either.

Non-organic milk is considered bioengineered but not necessarily from the feed per say. Surprised to see this on labels so soon. They have until a 2022 deadline to list/comply. I know nothing about the details since I buy organic 90%. Seldom buy milk except for cheese making. Always organic. As well as yogurts.

Get your GMOs here! :)

Thanks everyone for the input and info!

Smiles,

Sooz

How do you feel about this stuff in your food and will you eat it?

I'm sure you've seen posts from...I can't remember her name, explaining how the GMO thing works. IIRC, in practice, the GMOs in the food supply are engineer to withstand Roundup weed killer. You can plant a field of soy and spray the heck out of it. The weeds die, the soybeans grow. But as with all poisons, weedkiller loses its efficacy as the organisms that survive it assert dominance.

According to announced tests the GMO food products aren't harmful to people who eat them. But, really??? I'm all for farmers making money. I'm all for seed companies making money. And all the people in agriculture. But I resent the heck out of the predatory sales practices of selling GMO seed to subsistence farmers who aren't allowed to replant from their own seeds. There's a rumor (I really don't know if it's true or false) that GMOs aren't genetically stable and the regrown seeds might not grow correctly anyway. The eeew factor kicks in with anything nature didn't abide. When Farmer Smith cross pollinates with a toothpick, if Mother Nature doesn't like it, the result is a rabbage (top of a radish, root of a cabbage). Recombinant DNA is a big sc$ew you to Mother Nature. Lemons good, rabbages bad, GMO soy frankenfood.

But no matter whether the seeds from the last crop will produce a good new crop, the pollen from the GMO far blows all over and has its way with all natural flower. Whether or not the chemical company will attack the neighboring farmers, those good people aren't able to really say that their crops are organic. By US regulations, GMOs can't be labelled organic. Almost all the soy in the USA is GMO.

Etc.

For me, the eeew factor isn't really whether I'm eating the oil of a seed that was GMO when it was alive. The eeew factor is knowing the way it got there. Big eeew factor. I buy and eat as much organic (biologique) as I can, not because I believe that other kinds of foods are harmful to eat, but to support sustainable agriculture.

Islay, they don't even allow that stuff in France, right?

Why would non-organicc milk be considered bio-engineered, as Sleevendog says it is?

2. Milk: RGBH, or recombinant bovine growth hormone, is a GE variation on a naturally occurring hormone injected into dairy cows to increase milk production. It is banned for milk destined for human consumption in the European Union, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Many milk brands that are rGBH-free label their milk as such, but as much as 40 percent of our dairy products, including ice cream and cheese, contains the hormone.

I'll post the article...kitchen timer going off at the moment.

• ENVIRONMENT

AUGUST 5, 2013

5 Surprising Genetically Modified Foods

Leaving aside the question of whether they’re good or bad for a moment, what exactly are GMOs, and which foods are they in? link, HERE

The dairies around here don't use RBGH. They maintain that it is identical to what cows produce but they do not use it because customers don't want it.

This is why its so important to get Round Up and genetically modified seeds out of the food system.

No, we don't want that here. Many Brits are scared that because of Brexit, there'll be pressure put on the UK govt. to accept GMO products from your side of the pond.

Don't confuse all GMO foods with Round up ready corn and soybeans....
A tangelo is GMO. Most vegetables have neem hybredized to produce some more desirable traits.

The politics and meaningless science behind these labels gives me a headache. I am not into using glyphosate and other systemics on food crops. But many of the other pesticides they use are just as bad, if not worse. Some are easier to wash off though. Some can be peeled away. The use of glyphosate has many long term environmental consequences. I'm not against using it, but in integrated pest management situations, not situations where applying it all the time is just a regular aspect of the growing of crops . . . but then our agricultural and food production model that is widespread relies on the factory production model, not the integrated community model . . . This is why I eat so little dairy now. I grew up with less processed dairy, so I just can't stand the taste and quality of the stuff that lasts so much longer and has the taste engineered out of it. Unfortunately I don't have easy access to more natural dairy locally . . . some places nearer to the cities do ironically . . . just not enough market here for them to sell it locally and it can't transport far like commercial dairy . . . I can get a bit of organic cheese but it is pricey.

Bio- or genetically engineered foods are quite different from natural genetic modification or common hybridization, which can and does happen with or without any help from man. Bioengineering happens when non-related DNA is artificially inserted into the breeding or hybridization process, like glyphosate into RoundUp ready corn or soybeans or Bt into cotton.

As to whether bioengineered food crops have a risk to consumers is still very much an undefined and established issue. Too many are ready to jump on the non-GMO'd bandwagon just because it offends their sensibilities, not that it affects taste or nutrition or that we may be consuming alarming quantities of some sort of pesticides. None of that has yet been adequately proven to be of concern.

Yes GG that's why it gives me a headache. The terms "Genetically modified" are imprecise, the "good" or "bad" arguments are equally imprecise, and the research is limited, mostly to acute toxicity, not to affects on systems or long term exposure or pesticide resistance. Some of the most concerning research indicates that with increasing use of glyphosate, there is an increase in the rate of weeds developing resistance to the herbicide. This is a well developed principle of genetic resistance and is observed with many pesticides and is why Integrated Pest Management was developed and is recommended, with the emphasis on system design to avoid overuse of chemicals that would end up causing pesticide resistance. Same with many other pesticides and herbicides.

There is so little testing of pesticide levels in fruits and vegetables as they go to market, and to test it would be so expensive, that we really have no way of gauging with high accuracy how dangerous much of the foods grown are. It varies widely as well. But "adequate" is also a value laden statement, many people vary in their assessment of adequacy. I will say that it is not, IMHO, adequately proven a good system of agriculture over the long haul for a whole variety of reasons which of course could be argued at each point, with little definitive research on either end.

I am sure glyphosate is not acutely toxic when used as directed, that has been established. It is not shown to bio-accumulate in human tissue from external exposure or so far from ingestion since it is not actually present inside the tissues of the gmo plant products. Some are allergic to the products that have the roundup ready gene, but that's not necessarily due to being allergic to roundup. I am sure that when used sparingly, it is far better than many other pesticides due to the fact that it breaks down after a few weeks. It is broken down by soil microorganisms, and it doesn't have zero effects on the soil microorganism community, but the research in that realm is just getting started for all aspects of the soil micro-biome and how they interact, particularly with regards to practical agricultural applications. Not zero information, just the beginnings.

Glyphosate is one of the most effective means of combating invasive plant species, although not the only one nor the best one, and when used according to label directions, is relatively safe for consumers. But I have seen glaring cases of it not being used properly or people following exposure guidelines. I am also concerned that the more widespread the use of glyphosate, the sooner weeds will develop pesticide resistance and the less useful it will be for any of its intended purposes.

Glyphosate is banned here as it's an ecological disaster. Thank goodness!

Roundup itself won't harm you, but eliminating ordinary nonGMO seed will be a disaster for those who don't want to buy their seed from Big At.

Well it certainly harms fish and bees. I saw a programme on TV a while ago showing what an American supermarket would look like if we allow the killing of bees to continue and it was pretty empty. Scary stuff.