We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products

Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by thefalcon on Monday November 07, 2016 @01:41PM (#12893614)

And where does it end? What if the main product isn't GMO, but some small part of the additives in the product were GMO?

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Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by drvdevd on Monday November 07, 2016 @02:20PM (#12894038)

To be quite clear, personally I'm 100% pro-GMO. But that's because I believe the benefits that can be realized outweigh the risks. However, in this case I'm simply curious from both a packaging/product design and regulatory point of view: how would this work? I agree it would have to stop somewhere.

Part of my biggest issue is that a company can patent the gene modifications they make and then say, "You're eating our proprietary cucumber now." I understand their business model, but I think if anything should be "open source", it should be our food.

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Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by sampo on Monday November 07, 2016 @06:10PM (#12896116)

> Part of my biggest issue is that a company can patent the gene modifications they make

Also the results of non-GMO breeding can be, and have been patented.

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