Monday, April 8, 2013
Story at-a-glance!
Whole Foods has announced it will make labeling of genetically engineered
(GE) ingredients mandatory in its American and Canadian stores by 2018. Many
expect other retailers to follow suit
About 20 major food companies, including Wal-Mart, recently gathered for
a meeting in Washington to discuss potential lobbying for a national GMO
labeling program
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) recently announced the creation
of a new nationwide campaign called the Organic Retail and Consumer Alliance
(ORCA). The mission of the new alliance includes exposing and eliminating the
misleading practice of “natural” labeling and marketing
Organic food and products, by law and by third-party certification, are
produced without the use of synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers,
animal drugs, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), irradiation,
nanoparticles, or sewage sludge, whereas so-called “natural” products are
completely unregulated
A critical assessment of the consequences of commercial cultivation of GE
plants in the US for 20 years advises the EU to NOT follow the path of the
US, as it has had profound negative impacts on farmers, seed markets, and
consumers. Among the eight final recommendations, the report concludes that
“There must be no large-scale, commercial cultivation of GE herbicide-
tolerant or insecticide-producing crops,” and that all potential situations
must be retrievab
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