Priitaa 0 Report post Posted October 23, 2003 Please forward this to everyone you know: A customer wrote to Power Bar inquiring if their health food product contained organic soy or Genetically Modified (GM) soy. They market their product as a health food, yet read their reply: Dear sir, Thank you for contacting PowerBar on the Internet. We welcome questions and comments from consumers and appreciate your inquiry regarding genetically modified ingredients. PowerBar uses ingredients that meet our high quality standards and are in full compliance with U.S. government regulations. Genetically modified (GM) crops grown in the US have been reviewed extensively by the FDA, USDA and EPA, who have determined that GM crops are as safe as their conventional counterparts. Because the use of GM crops does not affect the safety or quality of the ingredients made from them, we do not require that our suppliers specify the origin of the crops they use. Thank you again for contacting us. We appreciate your use of our products and hope that you visit our web site often. Sincerely, PowerBar Consumer Relations -------- Hogwash. Read the other side of the story, and feel free to distribute this entire email to all you know and care about (including those who serve the Deities!) - "I seem to have discovered the reason for there being 'no data to suggest that GM foods may be dangerous' - the reason is that there is no data. fullstop! " Read the rest of this story at: http://www.rense.com/general3/crops.htm "The alleged benefits of GM crops are not based on independent studies and there is hardly any research on the long-term environmental risks." Read story: http://www.rense.com/general6/gmunknown.htm "From pizza to chips, soda to infant formula, ice cream to cookies, vitamins to candies, genetically engineered organisms are in the foods we feed our kids every day. Virtually every food you can think of is in the genetically engineered pipeline. And coming soon . . . rat genes in your lettuce, cows that make human milk, and bananas with vaccines." -- Dr. John Hagelin" See: http://www.rense.com/general6/gmperild.htm "Biotechnology industry consultant Chris Klose says the big biotechnology companies are not treating consumer concerns about genetic modification seriously enough.' SEE http://www.rense.com/general5/exp.htm "The Kellogg Co. has been forced to shut down production at one plant because the company could not find corn guaranteed to be free of a genetically modified grain approved only for animal consumption, food industry sources said yesterday. The shutdown was the most visible evidence of the problems that have been confronting the U.S. food industry since officials discovered that the genetically engineered corn had been widely distributed throughout the country, industry officials said." SEE: http://www.rense.com/general4/kel.htm "Up to now, this has not been a problem, because almost all modified plants on the market have been food crops. But the next generation of modified crops is going to be different. Biotech companies dream of creating plants that produce everything from drugs and plastics to biofuels. The predicament facing the food industry is that a banana containing a potent drug is likely to look the same as the banana in your packed lunch" SEE: http://www.rense.com/general4/taco.htm MORE: http://www.rense.com/general4/taco.htm http://www.rense.com/general3/hepp.htm http://www.rense.com/general3/vird.htm http://www.rense.com/general/gmout.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
