Dow & Monsanto to harness consumers' desire for "healthy eating" to sell GMO fruit & veg [View all]

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Purple tomatoes may soon join red and yellow ones on your dinner table, spiked with high levels of anthocyanins, compounds found in blueberries that some studies show lower the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. But do you want that?

The companies and scientists that have created these foods are hoping that customers will be attracted to the health benefits and convenience and overlook any concerns about genetic engineering.

Critics aren’t so sure. They say there should be more thorough regulation of modified foods, which are grown from seeds engineered in labs, and have called for mandatory labeling of those foods. The Agriculture Department has the authority only to oversee plant health relative to GMOs, and seeking Food and Drug Administration’s safety approval is generally voluntary...

Seed giants Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences are separately developing modified soybean, canola and sunflower oils with fewer saturated fats and more Omega-3 fatty acids.

https://www.yahoo.com/health/cancer-fighting-pink-pineapples-and-purple-115214597057.html