Read the Numbers on Your Fruit

Baca ni, Panduan yang baik untuk membeli Buah yang di import-maklumat ni Abang Long dapat dari email seorang kawan :

I just found out the sticker labels on fruits actually tell you how the fruits were grown — whether organically grown or conventionally grown with pesticides and herbicides; and the genetically engineered fruits.

Conventional Fruit Labels

Four digits and does not start with 9

** mostly starting with the digit 4

Organic Fruit Labels

Five digits and starts with number 9

Genetically Modified Fruits

Start with the digit 8

** this is good to know because stores aren't obligated to tell you if a fruit has been genetically modified (grrr….)

Okay, so if you come across an apple in the store and it's labels 4922, it's an conventional apple grown with herbicides and harmful fertilizers.

If it has a sticker 99222, it's organic and safe to eat.

If it says 89222, then RUN!!!! It has been genetically modified (GMO).

So next time you go shopping, remember make your choices and know how to avoid buying inorganic and GMO fruits. Shop Safe :)