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Whole Foods Market Takes Huge Stand Against GMOs: Mandatory Labeling by 2018

Jill Ettinger — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:39:30 +0000

Whole Foods Market, the nation's leading supermarket chain focused on organic and natural foods, has announced that it will begin labeling all products containing genetically modified ingredients throughout its U.S. and Canadian locations by 2018.

Biotech Industry Pushes Back Against California GMO Labeling Initiative

Jill Ettinger — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:17:36 +0000

It was only a matter of time before Monsanto and the biotech industry at risk of being forced to label genetically modified ingredients pushed back against The California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act. They're targeting Californians where it hurts most: their wallets and the state's poor communities.

Whole Foods and Major Cereal Brands Accused of Deceptively Marketing GMOs as ‘Natural’

Jill Ettinger — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:22:56 +0000

Accusations by the organic industry watchdog group The Cornucopia Institute suggest that a number of well established health food brands are selling cereals containing genetically modified ingredients as "natural."

Wesson Oil’s “Natural” Claims Don’t Fry Up, Lead to 2 Class Action Suits

Jill Ettinger — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:00:29 +0000

Wesson cooking oil's "100% Natural" label claims have led parent company, ConAgra, to face two separate class action lawsuits over the misleading use of the word "natural."

New Study Suggests Food May Play Larger Role in Health than Genetics

Jill Ettinger — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:15:44 +0000

It was Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, who made the simple observation more than 2,000 years ago: "Let thy food be thy medicine". And now, there seems to be a good deal of science to back him up.