Saturday, April 14, 2012

Millions Against Monsanto: The Food Fight of Our Lives

"If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it." -- Norman Braksick, president of Asgrow Seed Co., a subsidiary of Monsanto, quoted in the Kansas City Star, March 7, 1994 ...... ""Monsanto should not have to vouchsafe the safety of biotech food. Our interest is in selling as much of it as possible. Assuring its safety is the FDA's job." -- Phil Angell, Monsanto's director of corporate communications, quoted in the New York Times, October 25, 1998

"Monsanto recently threatened to sue the state of Vermont if legislators there pass a GMO labeling bill."

"If passed, the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act will require mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods and food ingredients, and outlaw the routine industry practice of labeling GMO-tainted foods as “natural.”
http://www.alternet.org/story/154951/millions_against_monsanto%3A_the_food_fight_of_our_lives?page=entire