Produce stickers: buy the numbers

Want to know how your supermarket produce was grown? Then check its price look-up code (PLU). Those little stickers affixed to your pears and potatoes reveal a lot more than how much you'll pay. If the number is:

5 digits, starting with 8

The produce was genetically modified.

* 5 digits, starting with 9

The produce was grown organically.

* 4 digits

The produce was grown conventionally (neither organic nor genetically modified).

Source: Produce Marketing Association

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