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SHIFTHEADS: How to Spot Gene Edited Bacon (Spoiler: You Can't)
Gene edited pork is legal as of this week. You're holding two packages of bacon. Identical price. Identical appearance. One package contains pork with DNA tweaked in a lab using CRISPR. The other doesn't. Health Canada says both are safe, so neither gets labeled. Pick one. You literally cannot tell the difference by taste, smell, or sight. That's not a food safety issue. That's a trust issue.
The industry position: labeling creates fear when the product is safe, so why bother? Counter position: the GMO wars of the 90s happened because they hid it first, then fought the "frankenfood"…
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