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Cheerios To Go GMO-Free
Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "ABC News reports that General Mills has ended the use of genetically modified ingredients in Cheerios, its flagship breakfast food. General Mills has been manufacturing its original-flavor Cheerios without GMOs for the past several weeks in response to consumer demand. Original Cheerios will now be labeled as 'Not Made With Genetically Modified Ingredients,' although that it is not an official certification. 'We were able to do this with original Cheerios because the main ingredients are oats,' says Mike Siemienas, noting that there are no genetically modified oats. The company is primarily switching the cornstarch and sugar to make the original Cheerios free of GMOs. Green America has been targeting Cheerios for the past year to raise the profile of the anti-GMO movement. 'This is a big deal,' says Green America's Todd Larsen. 'Cheerios is an iconic brand and one of the leading breakfast cereals in the U.S. We don't know of any other example of such a major brand of packaged food, eaten by so many Americans, going from being GMO to non-GMO.' For its part, General Mills says, It's not about safety,' and will continue to use GMOs in other food products."
Cue the Monsanto shills in 3...2...
That I'm right, and you don't like it, doesn't mean I'm a troll.
"GMOs feed over a billion people" ... and their cancers. (maybe, maybe not. We'll know for sure in 10 to 20 years, thank you america for being our guinea pigs)
>There is no health issues.
/. rigorous standard was used before you posted that? You do realize that people are so frail that they sometimes die from a peanut, right?
Interesting, have you researched this exhaustively or am I to expect the usual
Really, the obvious solution to GMO is full disclosure. In fact, I would like full disclosure of all the foods I eat, including their full genome sequence. Once things are disclosed, then it becomes my responsibility to avoid things that may cause me harm (we can call it OSF or "Open Source Food").
Patents are also an issue, but just saying there are no potential health issues without having any clue what has been altered or who is eating it displays total ignorance to history and a poor understanding of risk management. Unless, of course, you are taking full liability for any harm that may result at some point in time. In which case, god bless you and please provide additional information about your identity so that a compensation fund can be established (or not . . . time will tell, but thanks for assuming the risk!).
Sdelat' Ameriku velikoy Snova!
Fact is, if there were no Monsanto, it would be necessary for the anti-GMO moment to invent it.
Fact is, if there were no Monsanto, there probably wouldn't be an anti-GMO movement, or at least it would be a pale shadow of its current self. Because Monsanto is provably pure, unadulterated evil which should have been destroyed and its officers imprisoned for their environmental crimes long before they knowingly created dioxin-contaminated Agent Orange which we sprayed all over Viet Nam. The only good thing about Monsanto is that you know anything they are involved with must be evil.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"