How would you know that your food was genetically modified?

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You can't see or taste that your corncob for example has been genetically modified.

But you can read on the packaging whether a food is genetically modified or contains genetically modified ingredients. That is because the EU requires genetically modified food to be labelled.

The requirement for labelling applies to:

Foods different to the non-genetically modified equivalent, for example foods containing genes or proteins derived from genetic modification. One example is genetically modified rice with extra high vitamin A content.

The requirement for labelling does NOT apply to:

Foods that unintentionally contain less than 1% genetically modified ingredients.
Foods, produced by genetically modified plants but containing no trace of the transplanted genes. For example, a bag of genetically modified corn should be labelled. But a bottle of corn oil from the same genetically modified corn need not be labelled because the oil contains no trace of the genetic modification (June 2002). The regulation may change in the near future.