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Serving Genetically Modified Food at Dinner Parties

When hosting a party where genetically modified foods are what’s for dinner, is it proper etiquette to warn your GMO-averse friends ahead of time? Mr. Know-It-All offers sage advice on how to handle.

Released on 10/18/2013

Transcript

[Woman] Mr. Know-It-All.

[Man] Do I have to tell dinner guests

if our meal contains genetically modified food?

(growls)

Oh, I see what you did there,

big executive who prefers to remain anonymous.

The old how do I creatively upset hippies

who oppose genetically modified foods bit.

A decent human being, say one who wouldn't sue

a small family farmer for trying to use his company's

patented seeds more than one season in a row would simply

consult with guests ahead of time

even if they aren't fanatical foodies.

Gary Comstock, an ethicist at North Carolina State

University told me that by virtue of just being

a host guest relationship,

you want to be considerate of their interests.

You'd tell a vegan if their high tech cocktail

was clarified with crustacean

derived chitosan, right, right?

But let's say you forgot to ask ahead of time, wink wink

and end up buying and serving genetically modified food

to your hippie guests.

At the end of dinner, jump up on the table

and announce the rouse in a grand style,

then sue the scoundrels for inadvertently

eating your company's patented food.

[Woman] Was that organic?

[Man] I'm Mr. Know-It-All, which means I already know

whether or not your are interested

in clicking on the subscribe button.

You are.

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