General Mills Removes rBGH from Yoplait yogurt-Ask them to hold firm in decision

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Our thanks to Citizens For Health policy advisor Frank Herd for sharing this

great news - You'll recall that a few months ago, many of you followed our

Action Alert, demanding that General Mills discontinue the use of rBGH in its

Yoplait yogurt. Through our Action Alert you joined with thousands of others

from similar campaigns to prompt this important change to GM's policy.

Refresh your memory about our campaign _here_

(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2 & c=aNKM60gSuY7IlPZUttCD15ad\

pEtt7TjD) .

 

You succeeded! General Mills has just announced that as of August of this

year it no longer will use milk from cows injected with recombinant bovine

somatotropin (a/k/a rBST or rBGH). Read General Mills' press release _here_

(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2 & c=yBVVZFJhhjGctGfQ4c4oH5a

dpEtt7TjD) .

 

This is a major victory for the natural health movement. It's a reminder

about what the Voice of the People can do when our efforts are concerted. But

we've now got to take the next step. Proponents of these artificial

hormones have mounted an effort to convince General Mills (GM) to rescind its

decision. AFACT, or American Farmers for the Advancement and Conservation of

Technology, is urging its members to contact GM and tell them " why consumers,

processors and the environment will lose with the loss of technologies used in

agriculture. " One comment already generated by this push asks GM to consider

" the role technologies play in helping feed the world, not just cave into

activist driven campaigns to push us to organic production practices. " (Italics

added for emphasis).

 

So, although we've succeeded to this point, we must support GM in its

decision. Help GM stand strong against the pressures of disgruntled industrial

milk

producers who want to cut corners and artificially increase milk production

by injecting their cows with rBST/rBGH.

 

Let's keep our momentum going! _Cut and paste the following comment to GM

via the GM website by clicking here_

(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2 & c=ZCYc6Su77JT7atiaADbNxDW0\

XmleGpPx) :

 

As a Citizen For Health, I support GM's decision to remove rBGH from

Yoplait. Don't back down in response to pressures from the industrial milk

producers

by rescinding your decision. Thank you for doing the right thing.

 

Or, you can write, phone or fax the company:

 

General Mills, Inc.

P.O. Box 9452

Minneapolis, MN 55440

Phone: 800-248-7310

Fax: 763-764-8330

 

Keep up the good work - you are making a difference! And as always, _thanks

for your support_

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