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Agriculture
4:24 pm
Thu May 16, 2013

5 things you should know about the genetically modified food you’re probably eating

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Originally published on Thu May 16, 2013 3:56 pm

Would you feed your family genetically modified food? Chances are, you already have.

On Thursday's Central Standard, the science behind genetically modified (GMO) and genetically engineered (GE) food. The guests:

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Agriculture
10:36 am
Mon April 1, 2013

MU scientist plays key role in new GE salmon

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The Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to approve AquAdvantage Atlantic salmon for the U.S. market.
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These fillets are from genetically engineered salmon.
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These pig cells are part of the research being done by University of Missouri genetic engineer Kevin Wells. Wells, a national expert on the genetic engineering of animals, prefers not to have his photo taken because his work is so controversial.
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Kevin Wells has been genetically engineering animals for 24 years.

“It’s sort of like a jigsaw puzzle,” said Wells recently as he walked through his lab at the University of Missouri - Columbia. “You take DNA apart and put it back together in different orders, different orientations.”

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Business Beat
5:30 pm
Wed March 20, 2013

GMO labeling and possible answer to end meth labs

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Zephrex-D is produced by Westport Pharmaceuticals, a suburban St. Louis company. Westport officials say the pseudoephedrine product is tamper-resistant, meaning it cannot be used to make meth.
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Whole Foods Market recently announced that by 2018, all products in its U-S and Canadian stores containing genetically modified organisms will be clearly labeled as such. The decision by the grocery chain -- which has been labeling some products as non-GMO for years now -- has pushed this strongly debated food labeling issue into the shopping aisle.

The real action, though, is heating up in state legislatures across the country. Harvest Public Media’s Abbie Fentress Swanson explains.

Not many of us are chemists.

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Agriculture
10:16 am
Mon March 18, 2013

GMO labeling laws on deck in the Midwest

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Labels at Swiss Meat and Sausage Co. near Hermann, Mo., do not indicate if products contain genetically modified organisms.
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At Swiss Meat and Sausage Co., production manager Glenn Brandt steps into a 34-degree Fahrenheit cooler where 700-pound cow carcasses hang from meat hooks to dry.
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In the company's packaging room, Brandt reads from a hefty roll of hickory smoked beef sausage stickers: “No antibiotics added, raised without added hormones, all natural, minimally processed."
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Swiss Meat customers may not be asking for GMO labeling but polls show over 90 percent of Americans are interested in knowing if there are GMOs in their food.
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The company processes 2 million pounds of meat a year -- from beef to pork to buffalo to deer.
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Just south of Hermann, Mo., Swiss Meat and Sausage Co. processes 2 million pounds of meat a year -- everything from cattle to hogs to buffalo to elk.

And everything gets a label.

“No antibiotics added, raised without added hormones, all natural, minimally processed," Glenn Brandt, the production manager for Swiss Meat, reads from a hefty roll of hickory smoked beef sausage stickers.

What this label does not indicate, however, is whether or not the sausage contains genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.

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