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right, i have a report due in tomorrow on Genetically modified food e.t.c

anybody care to help? im writing at the moment looking for a title. any info you guys can give in the biochemical make up of them, safety precautions e.t.c is very useful!

cheers all!

if you don't clean you carrots befor putting them on the shelves, then write "organic" above them, then pretentious upper class snobs will pay three times the price for them (and the privelige of having to was them themself)

Dont be stupid Lawrence, all organic foods and GM related foodstuffs is regulated by the Food Standard Agency with specific legislation. Try their website
http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk

Also try this link

http://www.foodlaw.rdg.ac.uk/book/l-organ.htm

Just for Lawrence, id like to prove that its not just about not washing food

'Definition
Organic products: the following products, where such products bear, or are intended to bear indications referring to organic production methods: (a) unprocessed agricultural crop products and animals and unprocessed animal products (to the extent that these are covered by the EC Regulation); (b) products intended for human consumption composed essentially of one or more ingredients of plant origin or, to the extent that they are covered, ingredients of animal origin.
General points
1) The word 'organic' may only be applied to products which have been obtained in accordance with the requirements of the EC Regulation 2092/91 (unless not applied to agricultural products in foodstuffs or clearly has no connection with the method of production).
2) The labelling and advertising of products in part (a) of the above definition may refer to organic production methods only where: the reference clearly relates to a method of agricultural production; the product is produced in the EC (or imported from a third country) in accordance with the requirements of the EC Regulation 2092/91; the producer (or importer) has been subject to specified inspection; for products prepared after 1.1.97, the labelling refers to the name and/or code number of the inspection authority.

3) The labelling and advertising of products in part (b) of the above definition may refer to organic production methods in the sales description only where: at least 95% of the ingredients of agricultural origin are obtained in accordance with the specified procedures; all the other ingredients of agricultural origin are those permitted by the Regulation or provisionally authorised by a Member State; the product contains only certain specified substances of non-agricultural origin; the products or its ingredients have only been treated with certain substances; the product (or ingredients) have not been subject to irradiation; and, the preparer (or importer) is subject to specified inspection; for products prepared after 1.1.97, the labelling refers to the name and/or code number of the inspection authority. The reference to organic production methods must make it clear that they relate to a method of agricultural production and indicate the ingredients concerned (unless it is clear from the ingredients’ list).

4) Products consisting of one ingredient of agricultural origin which do not meet the full conversion period required for organic production may be labelled or advertised in accordance with 2) or 3) provided that they meet the other requirements of 2) and 3) and a conversion period of at least 12 months has been met and the inidcation takes the form 'product under conversion to organic farming'.

5) The labelling and advertising of products in part (b) of the above definition may refer to organic production methods only where: at least 70% of the ingredients of agricultural origin meet the requirements; the product meets the other requirement of 3) above; the reference in the ingredients’ list (in the same colour, size and style as other words and clearly refers to the organic ingredients) and there is a statement 'X% of the agricultural ingredeients were produced in accordance with the rules of organic production' in the same field of vision as the sales description.

6) Until 31.12.97, for products in part (b) of the above definition prepared partly from ingredients of agricultural origin which are not obtained in accordance with the specified procedures, reference to organic production methods may only be used on products if: at least 50% of the ingredients meet the specified requirements; the product meets the other requirement of 3) above; the reference is only in the ingredients’ list (in the same colour, size and style as other words and clearly refers to the organic ingredients).

7) Where a product is covered by an inspection scheme and meets certain other criteria (see Regulations) the indication 'Organic Farming - EEC Control System' may be used. No claim may be made to suggest that this indication constitutes a guarantee of superior organoleptic, nutritional or salubrious quality. The labelling must include a reference to the code number of the relevant inspection authority or body.

For the UK, Ministers have dsignated responiblilty for inspection and the scheme is operated by 'Food from Britain'. '

Lawrence wrote:if you don't clean you carrots befor putting them on the shelves, then write "organic" above them, then pretentious upper class snobs will pay three times the price for them (and the privelige of having to was them themself)

I prefer this one lol