Frito-Lay, the snack-making subsidiary of PepsiCo, has admitted that supplies of its cheesy Cheetos are struggling because the company is anxious to prevent product contamination with genetically engineered corn.
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Nationwide recalls of tacos and the shut-down of several processing plants were prompted after the discovery of StarLink and in a bid to avoid a similarly costly fate, Frito-Lay is running thousands of tests every month. Spokeswoman Lynn Markley revealed: “We’ve required all cornmeal to meet all tests, and that’s slowed things down.”
Currently supplies of Cheetos have fallen by nearly 10%, but the company insists that these problems will by ironed out within two weeks.
