Does eating GM food bother you?

Do you ever bother reading the tag on food you buy to see if it's GM or not?

Yesterday my partner was looking to check carbs, etc. on some chicken feed we sell when he noticed it contained GM soya. He said he didn't want it fed to our animals any more.

Fair enough, but he's never read a label on our own food!

I do, as it happens, so we have no known GM food in the house. It can be tricky to avoid, but I think I have managed it so far. However, I don't know if some GM foods aren't labelled as such or not. After all, a few drops of oil on the crisps is hardly worth the makers noting as GM or not, is it? ;)

i have no idea what foods are GM, nor do i see where it really matters :confused:

It matters to some people as some GM isn't allowed to be grown here, yet is available to buy as food. It's also that many of us don't want GM foods grown at all because of the impact on our countryside.

Messing with nature has given us so many nasties from mad cows to fields that are just dust rather than their original black earth. It's also sparked some horrible allergies and illnesses in some areas of the world.

I naturally assume that everything I buy tends not to contain any GM items, although I must say I don't check.

I am assuming that GM means genetically modified?

If so where do you draw the line on that? If you want to be technical about it, our caveman forefathers did that when they cross bred different grasses to give us corn, wheat, etc.

Good topic. If I'm honest I'd forgotten about GM foods untill a week or so when Countryfile did a feature on it. I would personally choose to avoid GM foods, although the thought of buying purple tomatos just the once would be quite a novelty.

Couldn't really care, as far as I'm concerned GM could be a great way forward but I haven't bothered reading anything about it so not really an informed decision.

To be honest I wouldn't have a clue. I read labels occasionally, I try to buy free range/vetinary checked meat etc so I check the labels for those. When it comes to GM I honestly don't think I'd know what to look for.

I've given up somewhat on listening to any news articles about food because I get sick of the constant contradictions in what is/isn't safe/good for you/going to kill you etc. :(

i think the foodindustry should be obligated to clearly mark the products that includes GM items, its clear that not many want to buy food that include GM items.

I'd say no but I don't know much about GM food and the associated dangers. I'm also not bothered at all by eating non-organic food.