Talk has been going around the internet that you can tell if produce is non-GMO by its PLU code (the numbers on the bar code sticker that now comes on most produce).
A 4 number code is used for all produce, so that it can be identified at the checkout counter.
A 5 number code has been set up to determine whether or not produce is organic or GMO.
The 5 number code for Organic produce starts with 9.
The 5 number code for GMO produce starts with 8.
If only this were really true! Producers of GMO are not required by law to use the GMO code, and so they rarely do, because even they know that many people today are not willing buy GMO produce.
There is an organization that does offer a downloadable non-GMO shopping list.
I found that link from an article on the Huffington Post, by Jeffrey Smith, PLU Codes Do Not Indicate Genetically Modified Produce.
Read 'em, and eat healthy!
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