Although I have not consumed milk or dairy products for many years nor buy Starbucks products any longer, Its true -- Starbucks is a dues-paying member of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), which is currently trying to sue the state of Vermont for passing a law that requires GMOs to be properly labeled. Starbucks and the GMA would rather continue hiding GMOs in processed foods than have to tell you that theyre there and potentially lose business. The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) has put together a petition asking Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who says his company has not taken a position on the issue of GMO labeling, to cut ties with the GMA and take a stand against this assault on peoples right to know. But Schultz has yet to do this. The GMA is also actively pushing a bill in Congress that would make it illegal for individual states to pass their own GMO labeling laws in lieu of national labeling requirements. Schultz has stated that his company prefers a national solution to the GMO labeling issue, but if the position of the GMA, of which his company is a member, is any indicator of what this actually means, then Starbucks opposes GMO labeling. As a member of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, (GMA) your membership dues support the GMAs work, reads the OCA petition. The GMAs work includes filing suit against the state of Vermont to overturn its GMO labeling law, and working with Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) on a bill (H.R. 4432) before Congress that would preempt states rights to pass GMO labeling laws. You can sign the petition here: Salsa3.SalsaLabs. Learn more: naturalnews/048174_Starbucks_GMOs_milk.html#ixzz3NtNDBWbL
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 21:55:03 +0000
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