Original sentence: "Frankenfood" has become a battle cry of the European side in the US-EU agricultural trade war.Frankenfood (after Mary Shelly's character, Frankenstein) is a label of disapproval applied to food products deemed to have been produced by unnatural—and by implication, obscene—means.The term is applied to the use of genetically modified organisms in food production, a common practice in the United States but widely rejected in parts of Europe
Edited sentence: As of early 2003, the term is most frequently applied to the use of genetically modified organisms in food production, already a common practice in the United States but widely rejected in the rest of the world.Frankenfood (after Mary Shelly's character, Frankenstein) is a label of disapproval applied to food products one deems to have been produced by unnatural—and by implication, obscene—means.Frankenfood has become a battle cry of the European side in the US-EU agricultural trade war