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When the FDA won’t act, Friends of
the Earth works even harder.
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Dear John,
Here’s the good news – the work that we’ve all done to keep
new, unlabeled GMO foods off store shelves just got a boost. The Washington
Post1 just ran a front page story highlighting the success
of our GE-Free Seafood Campaign and the pressure people like you have put
on stores not to sell genetically engineered seafood. It also called out
Kroger -- one of the biggest holdouts -- by name.
But now the bad news: we’ve also learned that final FDA
approval of GMO salmon could be right around the corner -- possibly in the
next few weeks.
Just
because the government won’t step up and stop this frankenfish doesn’t mean
we’re giving up. Will you give $5 right now to help Friends of the Earth
and our work to stop GMO seafood?
It’s clear that the majority of consumers don’t want
unlabeled, untested, virtually unregulated GMOs on store shelves. So if the
FDA won’t protect us from the risks of genetically engineered foods, then
we will elevate consumers’ voices and ensure that companies listen.
We’re not stopping with GMO salmon. As early as 2014, GMO
apples could be on the market, so we’re asking Gerber baby food company,
one of the largest buyers of apples, to keep its baby food free of risky
GMO apples.
And that’s not all; we're taking the lead to make sure that
extreme genetic engineering stays out of your ice cream. The New York
Times2 just ran a piece highlighting our campaign calling on
major ice cream companies not to use a new vanilla flavoring excreted by
genetically engineered yeast. This synthetic biology vanilla may even be
labeled “natural,” despite being produced by genetically engineered yeast
cells created in a laboratory.
In all of these campaigns we’re up against food giants who
have vast coffers to draw from. It’s going to take the support of people
like you to generate enough pressure to ensure our food system is healthy,
sustainable and honest.
Please
give just $5 -- or more if you can afford to -- and help Friends of the
Earth in our work to pick up the slack when government fails to protect us.
Standing with you,
Dana Perls,
Food and technology campaigner
Friends of the Earth
1. Dennis, Brady. (2013, Oct 18) “A new method against genetically
modified salmon: Get retailers to refuse to sell it”. Washington Post.
2. POLLACK, ANDREW. (2013, Oct 20) “What’s That Smell? Exotic Scents Made
From Re-engineered Yeast”. New York Times.
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