FoodBanter.com - View Single Post - McDonald's rejects Simplot's genetically modified potato

Pico Rico[_2_]

"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 06:34:23 -0700, Janet B >
> wrote:
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>> http://tinyurl.com/mcoh2dw
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>> The Idaho agribusiness continues to get blowback over the Innate line
>> of spuds.
>>
>> By ZACH KYLE
>>
>> ovember 15, 2014
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>> The J.R. Simplot Co.'s freshly approved genetically modified potato is
>> not being welcomed by one of the company's oldest business partners.
>>
>> McDonald's, the world's largest fast-food company and a longtime buyer
>> of Simplot potatoes for french fries, says it doesn't plan to buy
>> Simplot's latest genetically modified organism, the Innate potato.
>>
>> "McDonald's USA does not source GMO potatoes, nor do we have current
>> plans to change our sourcing practices," the company said in a
>> statement.
>
> My biggest objection to GMOs are the RoundUp ready varieties, which
> means more and stronger pesticides being used on food crops.

I don't think that is "what it means".