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Photo courtesy of  David Kamm Photoworks . GMO contamination of masa harina consumer products EATING BIOFUEL CORN IN YOUR NEXT TORTILLA? – A CALL TO ACTION! Devon G. Peña | Seattle, WA | April 14, 2017 In September 2000, Kraft, Inc. had to recall taco shells after admitting that they contained a genetically engineered corn that was not approved for human consumption. The case was a serious breach of biosafety and posed a significant health risk for persons with allergies to the proteins produced by the transgenic corn mistakenly added to the processed flour destined for the tortilla shells (see the original New York Times report). Now, we have a new incident involving the likely contamination of masa harina (cornmeal flour) by transgenic corn in what is supposed to be a GMO-free product used to make tamales and tortillas. According to a report posted to the Huffington Post , the transgenic corn (Enogen) may have been behind a mysterious incident in California involving bad masa ha...

Moderator’s Note: A group of individuals and organizations representing more than 56 million U.S. citizens and residents have signed a “ Letter from America ” addressed to the citizens, elected officials, and regulators of the UK and the rest of the EU about the ecological and health hazards and social and economic threats posed by genetically modified crops. The letter is a timely document because politicians and regulators in the UK and the rest of Europe are currently deciding on the future of policies and laws affecting the regulation of GMOs. European countries have banned commercial plantings of GMOs for decades but the pressure from biotechnology lobbyists and trade negotiations like the TAFTA ( Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement ) and TTIP ( Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership ), have reopened the policy and legal debate around the importation and sale of GMO crops. The organizers of the Letter from America define the non-GMO struggle as “an urgent international iss...