Monday, August 20, 2012

KFC shifting to GM free oils in Australia

says a recent report:
"Chief KFC supply chain officer Michael Clark said that at this stage the company will only buy non-GM canola oils and has reached agreements with suppliers Cargill, Intergro Foods and MSM Milling to ensure it could secure enough of the oil for their requirements."
Recommendations from different panels on the merits GM cottonseed oil seem different. The Indian Panel does not like it
 http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/08/indian-parliamentary-panel-slams-gm-crops.html
where as an European Panel report does not see much eidence of harm
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/doc/2479.pdf