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Thursday, 04/12/2018 14:39
Sun Pacific oranges are not a GM food, in fact all oranges are not a GM crop. Nearly all foods today have been genetically modified or altered in some way over thousands of years through selective breeding. But there are only 10 commercially available GM crops in the U.S: soybeans, corn (field and sweet), canola, cotton, alfalfa, sugar beets, summer squash, papaya, potatoes and apples.
Below is a table outlining what year the 10 crops became commercially available:
Squash |
1995 |
Cotton |
1996 |
Soybean |
1995 |
Corn |
1996 |
Papaya |
1997 |
Alfalfa |
2006 |
Sugar beets |
2006 |
Canola |
1999 |
Potato |
2016 |
Apple |
2017 |
These 10 are the only GMO crops that are commercially available in the U.S., but it is also important to note that many of these crops are ingredients in other types of food you may find in your local grocery store.
The GM salmon was recently approved by the FDA and is the first GMO food animal to be approved and is commercially available only in Canada. The salmon was genetically modified for a few reasons including to conserve wild fish populations and provide low impact aquaculture. Read more about this first GMO animal, why and how it was created here.
We hope this answers your question, if you have any additional questions, please ask!