Fruit Labels
A few days ago I posted something on eating the ‘Pangas’ and the health hazards involved. Today received a rather enlightening email from a friend on Fruits! I am sure many of you folks do eat fruits and of course your source of supply is either from the Hyper-marts like Tesco or Giant etc or perhaps from the local fruit sellers that we find by the road side.
As for me I never bother to check on the ‘Stickers’ on the fruits! Apparantly they tell a story and it is good to know what the numbers on these stickers mean. Take a look at the apple with a sticker on it. Noticed the numbers on the sticker? It reads ‘94017′.
All that is important is the first digit and in this case is ‘9′ and what it means :-
9XXXX are fruits grown Organically or Organic Fruit Labels. These are safe to eat.
4XXXX are called Conventional Fruits Label. Grown with conventional means of herbicides and insecticides sprayed on them.
8XXXX are GMF Label i.e. Genetically Modified Fruits. Be careful of these!!!!
The colours given to the first digit is my doing and not really shown that way on the sticker! Also not all numbers are 4 digits for some have 5 digits but its the first digit that we have to watch out for.
I am not sure are there any other numbers used in the Labelling System but thats about all that I have learned. I did a searched on GMF and the article I read is full of warning about taking such fruits. Rather than reproducing the article, which is quite lengthy, you can read it HERE!
Now, I am sure some of you might have asked ‘what about those without stickers’ God Knows what type they are then! Perhaps removed for a reason! LOL! Hope that this post is useful and helpful! Cheers!
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