Snack QR codes give glyphosate info

ZEGO now offers QR codes on its fruit-and-seed bars and snack mixes with the results of tests checking for traces of the widely used weedkiller glyphosate, which is under scrutiny in court.
The company, which didn’t detect measurable amounts of glyphosate residue in its first tests in July, had already offered customers who scanned codes with smartphones the results of lab checks for gluten and common allergens. The San Francisco-based business announced it added glyphosate testing after a jury ordered agricultural giant Monsanto to pay $289 million to a school groundskeeper who argued the company’s herbicides with the chemical caused his cancer. Monsanto, which recently completed a merger with Bayer, says Roundup and its other products are safe, and it plans to appeal.