[Sca-cooks] NOT OT: genetically engineereed foods

[Lorenz Wieland]

Kirsten Houseknecht wrote:
> now, if you cut a gene from that into other food..... it could KILL a
> person who has NO warning that , say, a garlic gene was spliced into
> the tomato to make it more resistant to some blight. (or whatever)
> this is one reason why i say label ANYthing that has been modified
> from the "expected norm".

Do you have any cites for this?  My limited understanding of immunology and
genetic engineering makes me think this is extraordinarily unlikely.

Not that I'm arguing against labeling, mind you.  More information = more
better.

-Lorenz