The Qingdao People's Daily reported yesterday that the list of genetically modified foods had been published. Controversial genetically modified foods have once again become the focus of discussion. According to a reporter’s visit yesterday, most of the processing materials for soybean oil or blended oil in the island city are genetically modified soybeans or rapeseed. Although the public has purchased less, the hotel or snack bar has become the main force for its purchase, and it is also difficult for soybean products and genetic modification. Soybeans are insulated, so unless you cook yourself, you must have eaten genetically modified foods. In addition, cotton and papaya have been commercially grown in genetically modified foods, but Island City has not yet planted them. Because people are still skeptical about genetically modified foods, many businesses use "non-transgenic" as a promotional gimmick.
Genetically modified soybeans into soybean oil
Although transgenic technology can improve biological traits, its safety is controversial. The reporter visited the supermarkets of Qingdao Zhongshan Road Yuexioke, Taidong Liqun, Liaoyang West Road Lotus Lotus and other supermarkets yesterday and discovered that there are not a few genetically modified edible oils on the edible oil counters, and over 90% of the label raw materials for soybean oil, blended oil, etc. Both of them marked "processed raw materials are genetically modified soybeans," and some peanut processing oils contain genetically modified rapeseed. The reporter found that compared with genetically modified edible oil and non-genetically modified edible oil, the price gap is large, and most genetically modified edible oil prices are more than half the price of similar products. Taking an edible oil brand in Qingdao as an example, the price of the 5L modified genetically modified soybean oil is 39.9 yuan/barrel, while the promotional price of peanut oil sold in the same brand of 5L is 115.9 yuan/barrel, which is 2.9 times more than the price of the former. Judging from the situation, genetically modified edible oils are generally placed at the bottom of supermarket shelves, while peanut oils with high prices are placed in the most conspicuous position.
Manager Liu of a large-scale supermarket edible oil counter in the southern part of the city said that consumers' recognition of genetically modified foods is not high now. The market's genetically modified edible oil is mainly soybean oil, and there is no genetically modified corn edible oil for the time being. Most consumers Listen to genetically modified foods directly to give up the selection. "The majority of the purchase of genetically modified edible oil is for hotels or snack bars, and there are individual old people who buy cheaper products," said Liu.
"Still not daring to eat genetically modified stuff. Although genetically modified is a high technology, it is still difficult to say whether it is harmful to the human body." said Ms. Yang, who bought before the Lotus Supermarket Edible Oil shelf.
Island City is not currently growing GM crops
According to Xie Jiajian, an associate researcher at the Plant Protection Division of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China has approved the GM production and application safety certificate and there are cotton, rice, corn and papaya within the valid period. However, obtaining a safety certificate for genetically modified production does not immediately allow commercial use. Planting. At present, GM rice and genetically modified corn have not yet been approved by the Seed Law, and they have not been commercialized. The only genetically modified crops that have been commercially grown are cotton and papaya.
In addition, soybeans, corn, rapeseed, cotton, and sugar beet that China has approved for import as raw materials for processing are genetically modified. These foods must obtain our country's safety certificate. The reporter then consulted the city food safety office, the city's agriculture commission, and the municipal bureau of commerce. The responsible person said that the city had not yet planted genetically modified crops.
In the interview, some people also stated that the city of Daocheng also belongs to the soybean growing area. Why do domestic edible oil manufacturers go for a long-term and import genetically modified soybeans from abroad? Ma Jing, agronomist of the Quality Supervision and Inspection Center of the Municipal Agriculture Department, said that the soybeans from Qingdao belong to Ludou. Series, non-transgenic. Qingdao is not a major soybean producing area. Soybean production is not large. It is mainly used to process soy products. There are also farmers who use their own soybeans to make tofu and squeeze soy oil.
The reporter learned from the interview that the reason why GM soybeans are widely used by edible oil manufacturers is mainly due to low purchase price and high oil output. Take Qingdao Port 7th data as an example, Qingdao Port Brazil soybeans offer 4350 yuan / ton, equivalent to 4.35 yuan / kg, Argentine soybeans offer 4330 yuan / ton, equivalent to 4.33 yuan / kg. In contrast, the soybean price in Shandong Province is currently around 5.2 yuan/kg. Imported soybeans are nearly 1 yuan cheaper per kilogram than domestic soybeans. This is an important reason why domestic edible oil companies choose GM soybeans.
According to reports, GM soybeans entering the country are mostly imported from the United States, Brazil, or Argentina. Then the total number of genetically modified soybeans in Daocheng County has statistics? The reporter asked the relevant departments for verification. They stated that due to the large grain and oil wholesalers in this province, Qingdao has a large number of genetically modified soybeans. Many of the genetically modified soybeans imported from Qingdao have also been sold to other regions. It is difficult to determine the consumption of genetically modified soybeans in the Qingdao market.
"Non-genetically modified" sales promotion
When they visited supermarket edible oil counters, the reporter found that many edible oils using non-genetically modified raw materials all hit the "non-genetically modified" signs. A local brand of corn oil was marked with the word "non-transgenic" in a prominent position in the middle of the list. In addition, a number of brands of peanut oil and corn oil were also marked "non-genetically modified products" in the raw material label. "Some of the GM products are good and some are not good. I believe now that non-genetically modified products are the ones that I believe in." Yao Yao, who bought cooking oil at the Taidong Liqun supermarket, told reporters.
The reporter observed that many edible oil merchants before the Mid-Autumn Festival seized the favor of non-genetically modified products from consumers, and focused on promoting non-genetically modified products. The price can also be discerned. Currently, a 5L peanut oil is sold at RMB 95. To 150 yuan, while the price of blended oil such as soybean oil is between 39 and 69 yuan, the price difference is relatively large.
In addition to edible oils and other genetically modified and non-genetically modified products, it is difficult to find the difference between more soy products, soybeans, soy milk powder, and soy sauce. The "transgenic" identification of most products has no trace. For example, in the outer packaging of soy bean curd, soy sauce, soy milk powder, etc. visited by reporters, only one brand of soy sauce is marked with the “non-genetically modified soybean†logo, while OTHER PRODUCTS are only labeled “soybean†in the raw material. According to industry insider Yang Weiwei, once the “genetically modified†logo is added, consumers have more concerns when buying, and more often they choose not to buy. Manufacturers must be able to avoid the problem by ensuring that sales are avoided.
The reporter interviewed 10 citizens at random and half of them were still suspicious of genetically modified foods. Yesterday, many food industry experts were reluctant to nominate when they were interviewed. They said that at present, the country implements a relatively strict genetically modified identification system for genetically modified foods, and the implementation of the genetically modified foods is still relatively good. Although there is controversy in the industry, scientific experiments can prove that there is no problem with the safety of GM foods.
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