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ray2gill Apr 11th 2009 10:33 am

Re: Milk
 

Originally Posted by ABCDiamond (Post 7462247)
There are, however, some exceptions.

Products that do not need to be labelled include:[LIST][*]highly refined food, such as sugar or cottonseed oil, where the refining process removes any GM material

Sorry but this doesn't make sense.

If the original seed was genetically modified then the resulting product is completely modified so how can it be removed during refining. You would not have anything to process.

Farmers are only allowed to sow a max of 10% of home produced seed (2nd generation) the rest must be 1st generation purchased from the seed producers who are mainly companies like Monsanto etc who have heavily invested in GM seeds. That was why the USA government approved GM seed with out full trials such as would be done by Min of Agi seed and reasearch development department in the UK.

I strongly oppose GM food - I want to have the choice as to what I eat.

sonlymewalter Apr 11th 2009 11:09 am

Re: Milk
 

Originally Posted by ray2gill (Post 7472082)
Sorry but this doesn't make sense.

If the original seed was genetically modified then the resulting product is completely modified so how can it be removed during refining. You would not have anything to process.

Farmers are only allowed to sow a max of 10% of home produced seed (2nd generation) the rest must be 1st generation purchased from the seed producers who are mainly companies like Monsanto etc who have heavily invested in GM seeds. That was why the USA government approved GM seed with out full trials such as would be done by Min of Agi seed and reasearch development department in the UK.

I strongly oppose GM food - I want to have the choice as to what I eat.


I don't propose to know much about GM foods other than I can't find anything to scientifically suggest it's bad for you. There seem to be people in two camps though.

I guess what I wonder is, doesn't nature eventually *genetically modify* itself over generations only by scientifically genetically mnodifying food we are doing it quicker? The only problem I would have is including something in the food genetically which may harm such as drugs etc. So I guess where will it end:confused: Then again, food & drug control is so tough I'd be surprised if any company got past those stringent controls.

Ahhhh what do I know:blink:

ABCDiamond Apr 11th 2009 2:56 pm

Re: Milk
 

Originally Posted by ray2gill (Post 7472053)
I want to be able to buy a big thick slice of Ardennes Pate to have with toast - yummy. All they seem to have is liverwerst products - yuk!

The only Ardennes Pate that you will find in Australia is in the hamper baskets, normally sold for delivery in the UK.

But have a look for the Rubens Pate in the Deli sections...

http://www.rubensfinefoods.com.au/products-deli.php

http://www.rubensfinefoods.com.au/ne...1184037481.jpg

Available options include:
Orange Brandy Pâté
Chicken & Almonds Pâté
Black Pepper & Port Pâté
French Pâté
Pepper Pâté
Farmhouse Pâté
Red Smoked Salmon Mousse


The little ones that they supply to Supermarkets, for on the shelves, are like this:

http://www.rubensfinefoods.com.au/ne...1184051123.jpg

http://www.rubensfinefoods.com.au/pr...permarkets.php

The French liver Pâté marinated in Red Wine sounds nice...

MartinLuther Apr 13th 2009 12:12 am

Colour Coded Milk
 
I've just thought of a cunning plan.

Okay some of you young whippersnappers probably don't remember the end of the last century when the High Church of Tesco used to colour code their milk differently to everyone else. But, such a time did exist, and the same problem still persists in Aus. And it needs fixing.

So, here's the plan. We come up with the colour coding standard that we want (e.g. dark blue = skimmed, green = semi-skimmed) and then every time we go to the supermarket we change all the tops around to meet the standard. It won't be long until they cotton on. :thumbup:

knsc Apr 13th 2009 3:52 am

Re: Milk
 

Originally Posted by MartinLuther (Post 7462195)
The kids used to eat Rice Kirspies in the UK but I can't find them here. Do you think I should buy them at the UK shop? :unsure:

Hi
We just come back from a vist to Adelaide and found Kelloggs Rice bubbles (think thats what their called) same as Rice Krispies at Food land stores,I would think you could find them at most supermarkets.

Nigel

ABCDiamond Apr 13th 2009 12:28 pm

Re: Milk
 

Originally Posted by knsc (Post 7476111)
Hi
We just come back from a vist to Adelaide and found Kelloggs Rice bubbles (think thats what their called) same as Rice Krispies at Food land stores,I would think you could find them at most supermarkets.

Nigel

Woolworths and Coles have them,

Rice Bubbles (au) http://www.britzinoz.com/images/kellogsricebubbles.jpg Rice Krispies (uk) http://www.britzinoz.com/images/kellogsricekrispies.jpg

MartinLuther Apr 13th 2009 1:46 pm

Re: Milk
 
Jeez. You guys know how to kill a piss-take :p

sunbather Apr 13th 2009 4:07 pm

Re: Milk
 

Originally Posted by MartinLuther (Post 7477638)
Jeez. You guys know how to kill a piss-take :p

I'm with you. Gonna have great fun recruiting all my mates to do the same. In fact I think I might tell the kids in my year 2 class to do it too :sneaky:

ABCDiamond Apr 13th 2009 4:12 pm

Re: Milk
 

Originally Posted by MartinLuther (Post 7477638)
Jeez. You guys know how to kill a piss-take :p

I sort of knew that when you first posted, but Today, I missed the connection, and just.... well you know... :rofl:

moneypenny20 Apr 13th 2009 7:07 pm

Re: Colour Coded Milk
 

Originally Posted by MartinLuther (Post 7475657)
I've just thought of a cunning plan.

Okay some of you young whippersnappers probably don't remember the end of the last century when the High Church of Tesco used to colour code their milk differently to everyone else. But, such a time did exist, and the same problem still persists in Aus. And it needs fixing.

So, here's the plan. We come up with the colour coding standard that we want (e.g. dark blue = skimmed, green = semi-skimmed) and then every time we go to the supermarket we change all the tops around to meet the standard. It won't be long until they cotton on. :thumbup:

I think we should leave them as they are. Creates confusion with recently expatriated Brits and starts a vaguely bizarre thread. Don't spoil my fun :sneaky:

MartinLuther Apr 13th 2009 9:47 pm

Re: Colour Coded Milk
 

Originally Posted by moneypen20 (Post 7478113)
I think we should leave them as they are. Creates confusion with recently expatriated Brits and starts a vaguely bizarre thread. Don't spoil my fun :sneaky:

Well that was a short lived revolution. :frown:

I hope you all buy the wrong milk :p

Vash the Stampede Apr 13th 2009 11:07 pm

Re: Milk
 
Looks like milk is the the new lettuce...

Hebe Apr 13th 2009 11:15 pm

Re: Milk
 

Originally Posted by ABCDiamond (Post 7472414)
The only Ardennes Pate that you will find in Australia is in the hamper baskets, normally sold for delivery in the UK.

But have a look for the Rubens Pate in the Deli sections...

http://www.rubensfinefoods.com.au/products-deli.php

http://www.rubensfinefoods.com.au/ne...1184037481.jpg

Available options include:
Orange Brandy Pâté
Chicken & Almonds Pâté
Black Pepper & Port Pâté
French Pâté
Pepper Pâté
Farmhouse Pâté
Red Smoked Salmon Mousse


The little ones that they supply to Supermarkets, for on the shelves, are like this:

http://www.rubensfinefoods.com.au/ne...1184051123.jpg

http://www.rubensfinefoods.com.au/pr...permarkets.php

The French liver Pâté marinated in Red Wine sounds nice...

All smooth pates and mass produced. Make your own - not difficult just takes a bit of time but the end product is so worth it.

moneypenny20 Apr 14th 2009 12:44 am

Re: Colour Coded Milk
 

Originally Posted by MartinLuther (Post 7478383)
Well that was a short lived revolution. :frown:

I hope you all buy the wrong milk :p

We all had to work it out, why can't everyone else :lol:

MartinLuther Apr 14th 2009 1:15 am

Re: Colour Coded Milk
 

Originally Posted by moneypen20 (Post 7478918)
We all had to work it out, why can't everyone else :lol:

I wish someone had told me not to buy GMC or that Talon tools are not as tough as they make out :frown:


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