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Most people think their supermarket is GM free. After all, they’ve all banned GM ingredients from their foods following customer pressure.
What many people don't realise is that most animal products sold in Britain - like meat, cheese and milk - come from animals fed a GM diet.
These products don't even have to be labelled - even though polls show that 87 per cent of the public want them to be.
Supermarkets have taken some steps to phase out GM animal feed. But their policies are varied and it can be difficult for consumers to get accurate information from them.
Friends of the Earth carried out a survey of supermarket policies on GM animal feed. See our table (PDF† format - 176K) for the full results, a shorter version of which is below.
| Supermarket | Rating |
| Marks & Spencer | Top of the class They provide non-GM fed fresh milk, meat, poultry, eggs and fish. |
| Sainsbury’s, Co-op, Waitrose | Room for improvement They have taken some positive steps, but could still do more. |
| Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, Iceland, Somerfield, Budgens | Bottom of the pile They provide the least non-GM fed options (mainly eggs, poultry and farmed fish). |
Unless food companies ask for non-GM animal feed, producers will stop making it. And this will lead to a shortage of non-GM ingredients for our food.
Ask
the worst of the supermarkets to take action now, before it's too
late.
Please contact us when you receive a reply.
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