Consumer buying pressure will likely force the entire food chain in North America to swear off GE within the next two years. Such a tipping point was achieved in Europe in April 1999. Australia should be taking notice of the response to GE foods throughout the world. It is certainly not the time to let the state bans expire.
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USDA Organic Hangs Itself with Fructooligosaccharides
Published by June 26th, 2007 in Government, Health, News, Regulation, Action, Food, Consumer and Organic. 0 CommentsWhile the mainstream media focuses on the beer and sausages angle, buried in the language of the June 21st National Organic Program–Amendments to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances are the chemical compounds “Fructooligosaccharides” and “Inulin-oligofructose.”
On the amended “Nonorganically Produced Agricultural Products Allowed as Ingredients…” listed between the comparatively benign-sounding non-organic Fish […]
