Marcus Williamson wrote in message
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Do you believe that any of these GM spin projects will succeed?:

* "Non-allergenic" peanuts
* "Golden" rice
* "Vaccine" bananas

Of course they won't.

define succeed

Looks like gm soya is something of a success story

one thing you learn in agriculture is that not everything succeeds. When
we used to go to the dairy event at Stoneleigh you would find that at
every show there would be something hyped as this miracle breakthrough.
Looking back you find that perhaps one in ten of these actually are
nearly as important as they were made out to be.
One in four or five are still there in ten years time, a useful part of
the industry. Most of the rest disappear by the wayside.


It's all so obviously hype to try to get wider acceptance for GM in a
population which doesn't want it.

if you are innocent enough to believe hype then that is your problem.
FYI, here's the position of the UK supermarkets on GM. Would any of
them dare to start including GM ingredients in their products again? I
think not...

regards
Marcus



UK Supermarkets maintain strict GM-free policy for 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - News from gmfoodnews.com

6 January 2003

gmfoodnews.com has completed its annual survey of UK supermarkets for
their position on genetically modified (GM) food and ingredients for
2003.

The results show that opposition to GM foods is as strong as it was in
1999, when supermarkets removed GM foods and ingredients from their
shelves. Just as in 1999, no UK supermarket includes GM food or
ingredients in their own-brand products. Increasingly, supermarkets
are also specifying GM-free feed for animals producing their meat,
milk and eggs.

please, I stand at markets next to the supermarket buyers. I know what
they buy and where the stuff comes from,
so don't expect me to belive this rubbish

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Jim Webster

"The pasture of stupidity is unwholesome to mankind"

'Abd-ar-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Khaldun al-Hadrami'