Food Tank

APRIL 7, 2025

one to two decades), contaminate essentially all non-GMO corn in Mexico, pesticide and agricultural biotechnology expert Charles Benbrook tells Food Tank. Mexicans largely consume corn in minimally processed forms. As a result, Mexico would no longer be able to feed its people uncontaminated corn. Few people in the U.S., And the U.S.

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Food Tank

APRIL 10, 2024

Our organizations submitted comments in the official USMCA dispute resolution process. In 2019, Mexico enacted a Federal Law for the Promotion and Protection of Native Maize. But corn is more than a food ingredient in Mexico. Corn holds tremendous cultural, symbolic, and spiritual value for Mexico’s Indigenous peoples.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

If GM corn and glyphosate pose health risks to humans, as suggested by a growing body of research, then those risks are magnified in Mexico, where the national diet revolves around minimally processed white corn, especially in the form of its iconic flatbread, the tortilla. Varieties of Mexican corn on display at a restaurant in Oaxaca City.

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