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I never knew that a PLU code starting with a 3 means that produce is actually nuked.
Did these codes surprise you, too?
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Brickbat
(19,339 posts)CindySessoms
(20 posts)That's the way I read it.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)I'm not sure you read the whole Snopes article, so I guess we're even.
JTFrog
(14,274 posts)it says it's a mixture of true and false.
A Little Weird
(1,754 posts)I knew about using 4/9 for conventional/organic but I wasn't aware of the other codes. I've never seen an 8 in stores which surprises me.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)Read it.
Become wiser.
And stop being afraid.
CindySessoms
(20 posts)PLU code starting with an 8 represents GMO. And yes, I've never seen one in the store (and I've looked for years).
Question: if GMO is safe for us, why don't they religiously mark produces with an 8?
JTFrog
(14,274 posts)The United States has no government-sponsored food-labeling schemes that state whether or not food products contain GM material.
http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/produce.asp
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)The organic produce is well marked with signs.
Good grief.
William769
(55,147 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)I keep looking for my red folder....damn, I'm bored.
bunnies
(15,859 posts)CindySessoms
(20 posts)I showed this to people who only buy organics... they didn't know about PLU codes 3 (nuked) and 6 (precut).
bunnies
(15,859 posts)The information is readily available on line by the company that invented the codes. Did you read it? Any info on your video thats not in that PDF if BS.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)The only meanings are:
5 figures starting with 8 - GMO (though whether anyone uses that in practice is questioned)
5 figures starting with 9 - organic
5 figures starting with 0, or just 4 figures - everything else.
And each of those 4 figures have no meaning - they are just numbers, assigned each time someone wants a new category. And they all currently are in the range 3000 - 4999, which means you would be falsely making people think normal products are 'nuked', by which I presume you mean irradiated in some form. You should go back to those people and tell them the video is wrong about '3'.
William769
(55,147 posts)Please feel free to repost it in Creative Speculation. http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1135
William769
(55,147 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)and my daughter is pricing coordinator for a local grocery chain and verified some of this