We have professed our love of the CBC archives before and we’re here to do it again.

This time they are putting up loads of news stories from past and present, showing us their take on genetically modified foods over the past several years.

Since the introduction of the first genetically modified food, the “Flavr Savr” tomato in 1994, “GM” products can now be found in thousands of foods, from bagels to butter tarts to soy milk. While the biotech industry points to the safety and benefits of genetic modifications, environmentalists are quick to denounce it as potentially harmful “frankenfood.” And that has left the consumer caught in the middle of this emotionally charged debate.