Fwd: [Biodemocracy]ALERT: TELL KRAFT NO GE FOODS OCT. 25th-NOV. 1st!

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Fwd: [biodemocracy]ALERT: TELL KRAFT NO GE FOODS OCT. 25th-NOV. 1st!

 

 

 

 

 

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[biodemocracy]ALERT: TELL KRAFT NO GE FOODS OCT. 25th-NOV. 1st!

 

KRAFT WEEK OF ACTION FOR SAFE FOOD OCTOBER 25th- NOVEMBER 1st

 

Tell Kraft: NO Genetically KRAFTed Foods!

 

Join thousands of people across the continent as we demand that Kraft

Foods stop using genetically engineered ingredients! We need your help

in sending a strong message to Betsy Holden, CEO of the largest food

company in the U.S., that we don't want untested, unlabeled genetically

engineered (GE) food on our supermarket shelves or on our plates!

 

This is our fourth week of action since the launch of the campaign in

February 2002, and we're making progress in moving Kraft to become the

largest GE-FREE food company in the world. But we need your support to

make it happen!

 

GET MORE INFO AND GET INVOLVED: http://www.organicconsumers.org/kraft

 

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Join the fight for safe, sustainable, GE-free food during the week of

Oct. 25th-Nov. 1st:

*Leaflet, picket or do a " product return " at your local grocery store or

Kraft facility*

*Gather petition signatures*

*Organize a call-in to Kraft*

*Contact the media*

*Do a teach-in to educate your community and put pressure on Kraft*

*Get creative!*

 

Please go to http://www.organicconsumers.org/kraft to sign up online or

contact one of our coordinators at action or 202-783-7400 x190

and we will send you a Week of Action Kit with everything you'll need to

get involved locally and make a difference globally!

 

Please contact us as soon as possible to get your action kit, for help

planning your event and for information about the campaign. Also, please

let us know if you're planning an event, so we can track where actions

are happening.

 

 

GET MORE INFO AND GET INVOLVED: http://www.organicconsumers.org/kraft

 

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KRAFT IS STARTING TO LISTEN!

Since February 2002, tens of thousands of people have called or written

Kraft and demonstrated in front of more than 600 grocery stores and

Kraft facilities demanding that Kraft stop using genetically engineered

(GE) ingredients in its products.

 

It looks like Kraft is starting to listen!

 

As a result of strong grassroots pressure, the GE Food Alert Coalition

has started a dialogue with the company. In its Annual Report, Kraft has

listed consumer concern over GE foods one of its top issues to resolve.

In addition, in February 2003, Kraft CEO Betsy Holden publicly

acknowledged some of the health risks of GE foods and called for

stronger government regulation of GE foods.

 

We're starting to get through--but we've got to keep up the pressure!

 

GET MORE INFO AND GET INVOLVED: http://www.organicconsumers.org/kraft

 

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WHY TAKE ACTION?

Kraft is putting genetically engineered ingredients in our food,

experimenting with our health and the environment, and hurting family

farmers. Kraft's products are found in 99% of U.S. households, and Kraft

refuses to label these untested foods, despite the fact that between 85

and 95% of Americans want labeling.

 

Many of Kraft's products, such as Boca Burgers, Lunchables, Post

cereals, Taco Bell taco shells and Stovetop Stuffing, have been found to

contain untested and unlabeled genetically engineered ingredients that

may put our families and the environment at risk. Risks include health

hazards, such as new allergies and plant toxins, as well as

environmental threats, like harm to wildlife, creation of " superweeds "

from cross-pollination, and increased pesticide use. In addition,

experimental " biopharm " crops, engineered to produce pharmaceutical

drugs and industrial chemicals, threaten to contaminate our food supply.

 

Kraft is aware of the health and environmental risks posed by GE foods.

Kraft has moved to avoid genetically engineered ingredients in their

products in Europe, showing they could be doing the same around the

world. However, Kraft continues to use questionable engineered

ingredients in the U.S.

 

Join the WEEK OF ACTION & Tell Kraft that you don't want to be part of

the experiment!

 

GET MORE INFO AND GET INVOLVED: http://www.organicconsumers.org/kraft

 

 

Call or write Kraft today! Betsy Holden, CEO Kraft Foods Three Lakes

Drive Northfield, IL 60093 1-847-646-2000

 

 

Please forward far and wide!

 

Craig Minowa

Environmental Scientist

Organic Consumers Association

Craig

320-384-7764

 

GET MORE INFO AND GET INVOLVED: http://www.organicconsumers.org/kraft

 

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