Melissa Melton ~ Monsanto And Dupont Spent Nearly $9 Million To Defeat GMO Labeling In Washington

TheDailySheeple  October 27 2013

ConAgra FoodsMore than half of the states in this country are currently fighting to mandate GMO labeling; if voters say yes to Initiative 522, Washington could be the first in the nation to force companies to give consumers some sort of clue if what they are eating has been genetically modified.

Now Bloomberg is reporting that Monsanto and DuPont, two of the nation’s largest producers of GMO seeds in the U.S. have given a combined $8.7 million towards I-522′s defeat — nearly half of the $18.1 million raised against the labeling initiative so far.

This should come as no surprise, considering the two biotech giants also happened to be the two biggest contributors toward the defeat of California’s similar prop 37 labeling initiative last year. Five million is more than Monsanto has spent lobbying the government thus far this year, which is about $3 million (although the year is not over yet).

Since tossing their millions into the anti-labeling pot, I-522′s 45% lead in the polls has dropped dramatically to a depressing 4%.

In addition, Natural News is reporting a whole host of major food labels have financially joined the fight against their customers’ basic right to know what’s in their food, including:

  1. Bimbo Bakeries USA
  2. Bumble Bee Foods, LLC
  3. Campbell Soup Co.
  4. Cargill Inc.
  5. The Clorox Co. (owner of Burt’s Bees brand)
  6. The Coca-Cola Co. (owner of Odwalla)
  7. ConAgra Foods
  8. Dean Foods Co. (owner of Horizon milk)
  9. Del Monte Foods Co.
  10. General Mills, Inc. (owned of Larabar)
  11. The Hershey Co.
  12. The Hillshire Brands Co.
  13. Hormel Foods Corp.
  14. The J.M. Smucker Co.
  15. Kellogg Co. (owner of Pop-Tarts)
  16. Land O’Lakes, Inc.
  17. Mondelez Global, LLC. (formerly Kraft Foods)
  18. Nestle USA, Inc.
  19. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
  20. PepsiCo, Inc. (owner of Naked Juice)
  21. Sunny Delight Beverages Co.
  22. Welch Foods, Inc. (click here for complete list to boycott)

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Big Food Lobbying Group Spends Millions To Keep Consumers In The Dark

EWG  October 1 2013

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Environmental Working Group (EWG) today called out the big food lobbying group, Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), for dropping an additional $5 million into a campaign to defeat a popular Washington state referendum initiative to label genetically engineered food.

Recent polling shows the measure is supported by the majority of people in the state, who want the same right that exists in more than 60 countries around the world.

“The GMA claims to be the voice for more than 300 food and beverage companies that depend on consumer trust and loyalty to stay in business,” said Ken Cook, EWG’s president. “Yet GMA is spending millions on behalf of those companies to deny consumers the right to know more information about the food they eat and feed to their families. Clearly some big food companies want to keep their customers in the dark about what’s in our food. Now they also want to hide millions in campaign contributions to defeat the GE labeling measure on the ballot in Washington state this November.”

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These Companies Oppose GMO Labeling

Govt Slaves | August 14 2012

GMO’s are a major issue that gets no air time in the lame stream media. Stephanie has created this great info-graphic of companies that oppose truth in labeling.  ~G

Image by Stephanie Ladwig-Cooper. Click image for Corporations/Organizations and Brands/Products opposed to GMO labeling.