On 11/15/2014 8:34 AM, Janet B wrote:
> http://tinyurl.com/mcoh2dw
>
> The Idaho agribusiness continues to get blowback over the Innate line
> of spuds.
>
> By ZACH KYLE
> 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.
Smart on their part. Be they good or bad, they are too controversial
for a big chain to start selling them to the masses.
That may change 10 or 20 years from now, but right now GM foods scare
lot of people. Personally, I'm not so sure yet.