News 1999-2000
July 19, 2000: "Food
Safety and Environmental Groups Call on Campbell Soup Company to Remove
Genetically Engineered Ingredients from Its Products"
May
18, 2000: Concern
Over Genetically Engineered Food Draws Shareholder Action at McDonalds
Meeting Environmentalists, Shareholders Call on Golden Arches to Go GE-Free
March 7, 2000: Major
U.S. Companies Drop Genetically Engineered Foods in Europe, Citing Consumer
Fears: Survey says Kellogg, Coke, Pepsi, Kraft, and others Add to Growing
List of Companies going GE-Free--but not in U.S.-
March 7, 2000: FoE
Europe GMO Foods Survey
January 21, 2000: Failed WTO Negotiations on Genetically Engineered Foods Shift to Montreal Biosafety Meeting
October 28, 1999: Environmentalists, Consumers Call on Grocery Chain to Remove Genetically Engineered Ingredients from Store Brand Foods
August 30, 1999: "National
Food Processors Association Advises Members to Ignore the Efforts of Advocacy
Groups"
June
14, 1999: "Environmental
and Consumer Groups
Declare
War on Genetically Modified Foods--Groups demand a ban
on corn that kills monarch butterflies"
Letter
to President Clinton - Ban killer corn
USA
Today Op-Ed by Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth
Read the "Safe Food Updates" from
our newsmagazines:
Spring
1999 Safe Food Update
Winter
1999 Safe Food Update