Guest guest Posted June 17, 2003 Report Share Posted June 17, 2003 > THIS WEEK IN SACRAMENTO, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND THE > BIOTECH INDUSTRY WILL BE TRYING TO FORCE THE WORLD > TO ACCEPT GENETICALLY ENGINEERED (GE) FOODS. . . > > > > KRAFT IS USING THEM NOW. > > > > CALL KRAFT ON IT. > > > > Make a FREE phone call to Kraft TODAY AND DEMAND > THAT The Company REMOVE GE INGREDIENTS FROM its > PRODUCTS. > > > > Call Kraft CEO Betsy Holden at Kraft Foods > Headquarters from June 18 to June 25 at > 1-888-560-4625. > > > > Please ask Kraft to: > > -Stop using genetically engineered ingredients in > its products > > -Pledge not to use genetically engineered wheat if > it is brought to market, and > > -Live up to its promises of doing more to ensure a > safe food supply. > > > > This call will support an ongoing nationwide > grassroots campaign demanding that the largest > food-company in the United States stop using > potentially hazardous GE ingredients in its > products. Engineered foods like soy and corn are > currently in 70 percent of food on US supermarket > shelves but aren't adequately tested for safety or > labeled, taking away our right to know what we are > eating. > > > > Your call to Kraft will also be in solidarity with > the grassroots mobilization in Sacramento, Calif., > where people from around the world will be saying NO > to GE food and the corporate take-over of our food > and environment during the US-sponsored WTO > preparatory meeting. > > ********************************* > > BACKGROUND > > On May 14, after many years of threats, the United > States filed a World Trade Organization (WTO) > challenge against Europe for their policy on GE > foods. This is an attempt to force-feed European > consumers genetically engineered food, despite the > fact that European consumers have soundly rejected > these foods because of the risks they pose to human > health and the environment. This dispute is likely > to be resolved by an unelected panel of WTO trade > bureaucrats. > > > > The WTO challenge of Europe's democratically created > policy is just the first step. From June 20-25 in > Sacramento, trade ministers from around the world > will attend a U.S.-sponsored meeting designed to > promote the biotech/industrial agriculture agenda > globally in preparation for this fall's WTO > ministerial meeting in Cancún, Mexico. > > > > These latest developments in the global kitchen have > made our work more important than ever. Continuing > to put pressure on U.S. food companies, especially > Kraft, helps send a strong message to the rest of > the world. We have to push back and show our > government and the largest U.S. food company that we > DON'T want genetically engineered ingredients in our > food--acting in solidarity with the millions of > farmers and activists around the globe who are > saying NO to this risky technology and YES to > sustainable food. > > > > KRAFT CAMPAIGN PROGRESS > > After a year of thousands of calls and letters, more > than 600 demonstrations around the United States and > Canada and most recently a successful action on > Earth Day at Kraft's Annual Shareholder Meeting, we > are making progress on this campaign and are in > dialogue with the company. However, Kraft has not > done the right thing for our health and the > environment, and we have to keep up the pressure. > > ************************************ > > Please call CEO Betsy Holden at 888-560-4625 between > June 18 and 25. > > > > THANK YOU FOR TAKING A STAND FOR SAFER FOOD! > > > > Please pass this alert on to friends and family. The > more calls we make to Kraft, the more they will have > to listen! > > > > For more information, go to www.krafty.org. > > > > For more information on the Sacramento mobilization > event visit http://www.sacmobilization.org/. > > > > This toll-free call-in has been made possible by > Earth-Tones, the environmental phone company: > www.earthtones.com > > > > > > > > SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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