Kraft recalls Taco Bell shells with biotech corn. “Philip Morris Cos.’ Kraft Foods unit said on Friday it is voluntarily recalling all Taco Bell Home Originals taco shells sold in U.S. grocery

stores nationwide because samples contained an unapproved variety of gene-modified corn.

Tests performed by an independent laboratory found, in certain samples, the presence of a variety of gene-modified corn that Kraft had not specified for the product and

which is not approved by U.S. regulators for use in food, Kraft said….

Kraft’s willingness to incur the expense of a recall despite no evidence the product is unsafe demonstrates U.S. companies are becoming increasingly sensitive to

consumers’ heightened awareness about food safety, said food industry consultant Willard Bishop. ” Reuters