GMO is a quite controversial term in the modern world. What does this exactly mean though? A GMO is a genetically modified organism, in other words it is a plant (or animal) that has had certain gene that has been altered in some way. Some genes are inserted into the plant and some are taken out. Other genes have had their nucleotide base pairs altered. These alterations have been around for about two decades, and the technology is still in development. The alterations are done for all sorts of reasons, but there are several common ones for food products. These alterations include but are not limited to, giving more nutritional value to the food,
