Is most corn nowadays genetically modified?

Answer 1

* No, any that is, you will know about it before you buy it. The labels on gm foods are clear to make sure there is no confusion. Also, it would be illegal for them not to state whether a food is gm or not because as a consumer, we would not know what we are buying and what it contains. Just as organic food are clearly labelled gm foods must be too. I hope this helps you. while correct the above answer is relevant in Europe. in the US most corn and soybeans are GM and have been for years

Answer 2

Food is modified for increased quantity, quality, or resistance to disease, alongside a host of other desirable traits. Some food companies also add addictive to their food so that they have customers continuously coming back to buy their products.

Answer 3

Production costs are reduced with GM-crops due factors such as preservation of crops from insects and other pests, shorter growth periods, larger yields per acre and decreased use of natural resources.

Answer 4

Science hopes to "improve" on nature with genetically modified foods for a variety of reasons. Some of them are as follows in no particular order of priority:

1. Avoidance of spoilage: All foods spoil over time. Some faster than others. If the onset or progress of spoilage can be slowed so that the food items last longer, then there will be less waste. This is not only just from heat, but cold and other factors.

2. Maturity time: everything that grows does so at a different rate of speed. Tomatoes take only a few weeks from bud to fruit in nature, but livestock and poultry can take months to years. If the growth rate can be enhanced, then not only will there be a shorter cycle to market, but very possibly leaving less of a "carbon footprint" and waste behind.

3. Disease resistance: everything living thing is susceptible to disease and sickness. If disease-resistant strains of foods are developed, the healthier they will be and again there will be not only less wasted effort but also less spread of disease from individual to individual.

4. Enhanced features: seedless fruits and vegetables are handy, and "beefier" tomatoes too. Fowl with meatier breast sections are desirable. Products with increased protein, less fat, or other desirable constituents can also be engineered.

5. Enhanced production/yield: in a hungry world with more mouths to feed, having to wait for nature to provide everything may not keep up with demand or more land will have to be devoted to production. Thus the higher the yield per acre helps with both factors. Strains of rice, for example, have been developed that significantly increase yield per plant.

The interesting thing is that people talk today about the horrors or negative consequences of genetic engineering. The reality is that we have been "engineering" our food for centuries, if not millenia. Corn and potatoes, for example, looking nothing like the native plants that explorers found in the 15th century and native populations had been experimenting with both for centuries prior to the advent of European settlers. Nectarines are the result of "engineered" trees (combo of peach and plum). The issue, however, is whether we are playing with fire -- modifying things that it has taken nature (evolution) tens of thousands of years if not longer, to develop, and we just knock out a few genes here and there -- we may not know the total ramifications.

Answer 5

Some companies are no doubt genetically modifying foods because they genuinely want to improve food and help feed the starving in the world. Unfortunately, some companies appear to be genetically modifying foods because they can, and it is highly profitable for them to patent and sell their GMO varieties.

Answer 6

i think any thing can be genetically modified

Answer 7

How is corn genetically modiefied