What are GM foods?

· GM is a special set of technologies that alter the genetic makeup of such living organisms as animals, plants, or bacteria.
· using living organisms or their components, such as enzymes, to make products that include wine, cheese, beer, and yogurt
· Combining genes from different organisms is known as recombinant DNA technology, and the resulting organism is said to be "genetically modified," "genetically engineered," or "transgenic."

(Taken from:
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml)

· genetically modified food crops included virus-resistant squash, a potato variant that included an organic pesticide called Bt (NB: the EPA classified the Bt potato as a pesticide, but required no labeling), strains of canola, soybean, corn and cotton engineered by Monsanto to be immmune to their popular herbicide Roundup, and Bt corn.
(Taken from: Wikipedia)

· Genetic engineering, on the other hand, can create plants with the exact desired trait very rapidly and with great accuracy
(taken from:
http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/gmfood/overview.php)