Cheerios Facebook Page Under Attack Over GMO Ingredients

December 8th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

cheerios

Thousands of outraged consumers took to Facebook to share their concern over genetically modified organisms found in General Mills’ popular Cheerios brand of cereal over the last week.

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GMO Labeling Focus Turns To Washington with New Celeb Video

November 17th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

GMOs

The battle to get genetically modified foods labeled is not going away, even despite Proposition 37′s failure in California earlier this month. Focus is now routing back to federal regulations with the Just Label It campaign urging the FDA to take action. The latest support for the campaign comes via an all-star cast of celebs and musicians making the case in a recent Just Label It video.

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Prop 37′s Backlash: DIY GMO Labels Popping Up in California Stores

November 14th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

GMO labels

Californians fretting over the failure of Proposition 37 in the election earlier this month may soon be seeing foods that contain GMOs labeled as such anyway.

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Prop 37 Defeated in California

November 7th, 2012 - Lacy

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California officials have announced that Proposition 37, which would have required the labeling of GMO ingredients on all foods, has been defeated 53–47 percent.

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Major Natural Food Brands Donate to California’s Prop 37 in Final Days Before Vote

November 1st, 2012 - Lacy

Prop 37

In the last stretch of the race to pass Proposition 37, which would require labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms in California, several big new players have stepped up to endorse and financially support the effort to pass the measure.

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Organic Brands Say California’s GMO Labeling Law Won’t Affect Food Prices

October 30th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

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With the 2012 election less than two weeks away, many California voters are focusing their attention on Proposition 37, which if passes, will require mandatory labeling on foods sold in the state that contain genetically modified organisms.

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Milk Money: Dairy Farmers Asked to Urge Horizon Milk to Support Prop 37

October 28th, 2012 - Lacy

Dean Foods, parent company of Horizon organic milk, Silk, and WhiteWave foods has invested more than $250,000 in the fight against Prop 37—the California ballot measure that would require labeling of GMO foods—and the Cornucopia Institute is calling them out.

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Los Angeles Wants GMOs Labeled, City Council ‘Unanimously’ Supports Prop 37

October 25th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

Yes on Proposition 37

Los Angeles City Council members unanimously voted yesterday to approve a resolution that officially supports Proposition 37—the November ballot initiative that would require the labeling of foods containing genetically modified ingredients sold within the state.

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Anti-Prop 37 TV Commercial Pulled in California

October 6th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

Proposition 37

A controversial television ad in opposition to Proposition 37, the bill that could make California the first U.S. state to require labeling of foods containing genetically modified ingredients, was pulled earlier this week.

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Polls Show Californians Will Pass GMO Labeling Law in November

September 30th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

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A recent L.A. Times poll suggests California’s Proposition 37, which would make it the first state to require mandatory labeling on foods containing genetically modified ingredients, is likely to pass by more than a 2-to-1 margin this coming November.

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