Author Topic: Huh?  (Read 2999 times)

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Huh?
« on: November 28, 2011, 07:41:57 pm »
Dan was in Tesco this eening and they were selling "boneless rib of beef". Work that one out  ::)

CameronS

  • Joined Aug 2009
  • North East Fife
Re: Huh?
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2011, 08:11:23 pm »
it's a bit like the label i found on an egg box - may contain traces of egg??   ;D

who thinks them up

goosepimple

  • Joined May 2010
  • nr Lauder, Scottish Borders
Re: Huh?
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2011, 07:56:37 pm »
Its livestock secretly producing genetically modified 'food' to save their own skins  ;)
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RUSTYME

  • Joined Oct 2009
Huh
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2011, 03:54:23 pm »
I still look for the rice packet with ' may contain human dna ' on the label ! Pork is an iffy one , most pork is fed soy bean/meal now , and as 85-90% is gm , a pork chop would have to say ' may contain pork ! ' it may contain ' fish , sheep , cow , human , or any other gm added substance they decide to use ! 
Lab grown meat ? , is only 4 or 5 years away so they say . What on earth will they put on the label then ?

sabrina

  • Joined Nov 2008
Re: Huh?
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2011, 05:10:41 pm »
No wonder we prefer to have our own

robert waddell

  • Guest
Re: Huh?
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2011, 05:28:33 pm »
gm crops     are disease resistant   not as you have suggested rusty protein from other sources
is lab grown meat not here already i remember years ago the headlines :farmer:

RUSTYME

  • Joined Oct 2009
Huh
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2011, 05:39:35 pm »
Yes thats right , it is still up to the farmer/smallholder to check that any bought in feed , is gm free .  Sadly a lot of maize and soy (most in fact !) grown in usa , is in fact gm !
Unless you trust your feed suppliers to supply gm free feed , then the only way to go is , grow your own feed , or buy from a local farmer who is gm free . 

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Huh
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2011, 11:35:42 pm »
Unless you trust your feed suppliers to supply gm free feed , then the only way to go is , grow your own feed , or buy from a local farmer who is gm free .

It's getting harder and harder to source GM-free.  Our local supplier used to be but has dropped it - it had become very difficult to be certain everything was GM-free, and any contamination would affect all their feeds, so they've had to give up the certification.  They do still do organic, which of course is GM-free plus.

It seems to me to be an unstoppable train.  :(
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