Eating healthy used to mean simply eating your veggies. Now it is important to know the "secret codes" on the foods so that you don't eat things that could harm you and your family.
*Organic produce has a five-digit number beginning with a 9. Organic bananas, for example, would be given the designation of 94011.
*Conventional produce has a four-digit number beginning with a 3 or 4. Therefore, the number on conventionally grown bananas would be 4011.
*Genetically engineered produce also has a five-digit number on the label and begins with an 8. Again, the number on genetically altered bananas would be 84011.
Unless the label specifically states ``certified organic'', it is a safe bet that any food containing corn, soy, and cottonseed oils has a GE origin.
``100% Organic" or "Certified Organic" means that all of the substances, ingredients, processing aids, food additives, including colors and flavors, are certified organic.
"Organic'' means that only 95% of the ingredients must be organic, leaving the remaining 5% open to ``allowable'' substances from the USDA's national list of allowed substances.
``Made with organic ingredients'' means that only 70% of the ingredients have to be organic. The other 30% contain non-organic ingredients and synthetic substances normally allowed in conventional food and fiber production.
Products with less than 70% organic ingredients have to list only the organic ingredients on the ingredient panel rather than the primary panel.
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