Monsanto asks regulators to approve trans-fat free soy

[charliep]

Perhaps a wake up call for everyone this am. The following article is in todays Foodnavigator-USA.

[URL="http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Financial-Industry/Monsanto-asks-regulators-to-approve-trans-fat-free-soy/?c=jYz%2BwZTNAeXyVF0c5iwFqA%3D%3D&utm_source=newsl etter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newslett er%2BDaily"]foodnavigator-usa[/URL]

[charliep]

A further interesting article same issue foodnavigator/USA.

<a href="http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Financial-Industry/Cargill-makes-more-room-for-canola-supply">foodnavigator-usa</a>

My theme today is if you don't know where you are going, you likely will never get there.

[parsley]

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&lt;p class=&quot;EC_style8ptBK&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[URL="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/biology_evolution/article6913225.ece"](Maybe serving a lot of french fries sizzled in canola oil that has been embedded with that modified gene, could turn a few farmers into the strong silent type)[/URL]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[parsley]

Just going along with your theme, charliep.

[charliep]

Observation is that North American consumers want healthier oils in terms of both trans fats and saturated fats. An ideal world would see lower fat levels in diets but the world is not perfect.

Parsley - Do you think the consumer is wrong?

[jensend]

can the consumer have healthy food without giving monsanto more leverage over food production? probably, eh?

[parsley]

Just having a little sport with you charliep. LOL Couldn't resist.

And dandy retort.

The man who orders weiners and pays for his own dinner, should not have to be satisfied with tenderloin. pars

[charliep]

The breeding for specialty oil canola (low trans fat) was not done by Monsanto - others here will have more knowledge of history than I do. Dow/Nexera and Cargill/Intermountain. Also were not herbicide tolerant when first released. That was added later to be competitive with conventional canola.