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JANUARY 21, 2000 VOL. 26 NO. 2
On The Menu
If you thought you could pass on genetically modified foods, think again. Chances are you have already sampled at least one genetically altered dish and will again. Frozen meals and sauces probably contain some GM ingredients
By ALEX GARDNER
Today's Specials
Cream of Squash Soup
Seminis' Freedom II virus-resistant squash (with extra cucumber, zucchini and watermelon genes)
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Egg noodles with shredded chicken, reared on Bt corn, flavored with GM soy sauce
Mexican Special
Old El Paso Taco shells* with mince filling from cattle raised on GM animal feed and GM tomato paste. Served with Bravos Tortilla Chips*.
Tomato Salad
Using the latest fresh-for-longer and pest-resistant varieties
Home-made Fries
Tasty side dish with New Leaf potatoes that make their own pesticides
Fruit Salad
Seasonal fruits include Agritope modified cantaloupe and virus-resistant papaya.
Sweet Bean Curd
Pak Fook+ bean curd dessert using Roundup Ready soybeans.
Coming Soon
Fish Congee
With high iron and high Vitamin-A rice developed by the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines
Vegetable Curry
By 2002, scientists expect to create modified carrots and peppers with increased levels of carotenoids (a cancer preventative). Snowdrop genes inserted into cauliflowers to make them more insect-resistant.. High-protein potatoes from Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, incorporating amaranth genes. Also GM bean sprouts, already developed, which should gain approval soon
Banana Split
The healthiest dessert ever is just around the corner. Bananas containing vaccines for hepatitis B served with ice cream made from sugar that won't make you fat. By inserting an artichoke gene into sugar beet, Dutch scientists have made a non-digestible sugar - you get the taste but not the calories
Bon Appetit!
*Contains genetically modified ingredients (tested by Consumer Reports, U.S) + Contains engineered material (tested by Greenpeace China)
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