Things you just don't get

[GreenFrog]



You people need to check your thin privilege and check it NOW.

You know who's not checking his thin privilege?

I'll give you a hint. His username starts with "P" and it rhymes with "Penisbaire."

 

[Bhowie]

You are tiresome

 

[Bhowie]

And dull

 

[Bhowie]

And boring

 

[Bhowie]

Stop

 

[Gibonius]

I want to launch a line of organic GMO vegetables, just to watch people falsely claim that you CANNOT have organic GMOs. It'd be great.

 

[zarathustra]

 

[indesertum]



I want to launch a line of organic GMO vegetables, just to watch people falsely claim that you CANNOT have organic GMOs. It'd be great.

i thought organic foods couldn't be GMO

The use of genetic engineering, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs), is prohibited in organic products. - See more at: http://blogs.usda.gov/2013/05/17/or...sed-in-organic-products/#sthash.WRy5yDmY.dpuf

 

[Gibonius]



i thought organic foods couldn't be GMO

Huh, they must have added that rule since the last time I thought of this. A couple years ago there were basically zero rules on what could be called "organic."

 

[indesertum]

i had to look it up too. some dude wrote an article about how all the macro beers are full of GMO and thus you should only drink organic beers

 

[HRoi]

Comcast can never be the worst country in America as long as we have Sprint

 

[Harold falcon]

I understand that's an official government blog (whatever the **** that means) but I think it's full of ****. There is no FDA definition of what is a GMO so how could it be prohibited?

Edit - doesn't even define it in their link to the CFR. Total bullshit.

 

[indesertum]

Was watching true detective. Only found out after an episode that the main guy isn't Jason statham but woody harrelson

All look alike

 

[indesertum]



I understand that's an official government blog (whatever the **** that means) but I think it's full of ****. There is no FDA definition of what is a GMO so how could it be prohibited?

Edit - doesn't even define it in their link to the CFR. Total bullshit.

it's under cfr 205.105 and cfr 205.2

§205.105 Allowed and prohibited substances, methods, and ingredients in organic production and handling.
To be sold or labeled as “100 percent organic,” “organic,” or “made with organic (specified ingredients or food group(s)),” the product must be produced and handled without the use of:

(a) Synthetic substances and ingredients, except as provided in §205.601 or §205.603;

(b) Nonsynthetic substances prohibited in §205.602 or §205.604;

(c) Nonagricultural substances used in or on processed products, except as otherwise provided in §205.605;

(d) Nonorganic agricultural substances used in or on processed products, except as otherwise provided in §205.606;

(e) Excluded methods, except for vaccines: Provided, That, the vaccines are approved in accordance with §205.600(a);

(f) Ionizing radiation, as described in Food and Drug Administration regulation, 21 CFR 179.26; and

(g) Sewage sludge.

§205.2 Terms defined.

Excluded methods. A variety of methods used to genetically modify organisms or influence their growth and development by means that are not possible under natural conditions or processes and are not considered compatible with organic production. Such methods include cell fusion, microencapsulation and macroencapsulation, and recombinant DNA technology (including gene deletion, gene doubling, introducing a foreign gene, and changing the positions of genes when achieved by recombinant DNA technology). Such methods do not include the use of traditional breeding, conjugation, fermentation, hybridization, in vitro fertilization, or tissue culture.

 

[Harold falcon]

Perhaps I was wrong.