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In the produce department deciphering if the food is conventionally grown, organic or genetically modified is sometimes a challenge. Here is a quick way to check.
The little produce stickers on the apples, bananas, tomatoes…. is the clue. This tag will have either 4 numbers or 5 numbers on it. If there are 4 digits on the tag it is conventionally grown which means the standard chemical fertilizer, herbicide, fungicide, pesticide cocktail has been used.
If there are five numbers and it begins with 9 it is organic. If the five numbers begin with 8, it is genetically modified.
This same method is used not only in Canada but the US, UK, France, New Zealand and Australia. This identification is used for produce grown in these countries and any country exporting into them must tag in the same way.
A quick and easy check to know what you are placing in your shopping cart. A great tool to help with your food planning that has actually been used for a long time, they just didn’t tell us about it.
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