Articles on Genetically Modified strawberries are floating around the Internet claiming that the berries are genetically modified with peanuts to prevent freezing.
If this is true, people with peanut allergies could have an allergic reaction if they ate these ‘GMO” strawberries – a significant danger!
According to the Food Allergy Research and Education study, the number of children in the United States who have a peanut allergy has more than tripled between 1997 and 2008. Peanut allergies can result in a mild reaction or a potentially deadly reaction (anaphylaxis).
So is there such a thing as a genetically modified strawberry?
GM Strawberry; Myth or Truth?
Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMO, are defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as, “organisms in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally.”