Whole Foods to label genetically modified products
USA TODAY - 7 hours ago
The company says it's the first national grocery chain to set such a deadline for labeling foods that contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. A spokeswoman for the supermarket operator said organic foods will not have to carry the labels since they ...
Major Grocer to Label Foods With Gene-Modified Content
New York Times - 4 hours ago
The labels currently used show that a product has been verified as free of genetically engineered ingredients by the Non GMO Project, a nonprofit certification organization. The labels Whole Foods will use in 2018, which have yet to be created, will identify ...
Whole Foods GMO Labeling To Be Mandatory By 2018
Huffington Post - 7 hours ago
“We are putting a stake in the ground on GMO labeling to support the consumer's right to know,” said Walter Robb, co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, in a press release. “The prevalence of GMOs in the U.S. paired with nonexistent mandatory labeling makes it ...
Whole Foods to require labels on genetically modified products
Los Angeles Times - 6 hours ago
The chain, known for its upscale emporiums of healthful and organic foods, has decreed that all items sold in its American and Canadian stores note the presence of genetically modified organisms, or GMO, by 2018. The Austin, Texas, company says it's the ...
Whole Foods to require GMO labels
San Francisco Chronicle - 3 hours ago
A.C. Gallo, president of Whole Foods, said the move came in response to consumer demand. Labels now used on Whole Foods products disclose when a product has been verified as free of genetically engineered ingredients by the Non-GMO Project, ...
Support legislation requiring GMO labeling
Bennington Banner - 21 minutes ago
I am writing to support VT legislation that requires labeling genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, in our foods. In both the Senate and the House, bills have been introduced titled An Act Relating to Food Produced With Genetic Engineering, aka. H112 and ...
A Parent's Perspective On The Label GMO Foods Public Hearing
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - 8 hours ago
Genetically engineered or modified organisms (GMO) are engineered to withstand direct application of herbicide and sometimes to produce their own insecticide. A study published by Washington State University research professor Charles Benbrook found ...
Whole Foods to label all genetically modified products by 2018
Los Angeles Times - 5 hours ago
“The prevalence of GMOs in the U.S. paired with nonexistent mandatory labeling makes it very difficult for retailers to source non-GMO options and for consumers to choose non-GMO products,” said Walter Robb, co-chief executive of the company, in a ...
Whole Foods
NBCNews.com (blog) - 7 hours ago
Whole Foods Markets will require all products sold in its U.S. and Canadian stores to carry a label by 2018 saying whether they contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the organic and natural grocery seller said on Friday. The United States is the ...
Whole Foods Products Will Carry GMO Labeling by 2018
Opposing Views - 6 hours ago
Today, we stood up for the consumer's right to know by announcing that all products in our US and Canadian stores containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) must be clearly labeled within five years. We heard our customers loud and clear asking us ...
Whole Foods to Require Labeling of Genetically Modified Products
Wall Street Journal - 12 hours ago
"We're responding to our customers who have consistently asked us for GMO labeling and we are doing so by focusing on where we have control in our own stores," said Chief Executive Walter Robb. As it is, said Mr. Robb, the wide prevalence of genetically ...
Whole Foods: GMO disclosure labels on all its food by 2018
Chicago Tribune - 9 hours ago
genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the organic and natural grocery seller said on Friday. The United States is the world's largest market for foods made with genetically altered ingredients. Many popular processed foods - including soy milk, soup and ...
Whole Foods Commits to Genetically Modified Food Labels
Bloomberg - 6 hours ago
“We're responding to our customers who have consistently asked us for GMO labeling and we are doing so by focusing on where we have control: in our own stores,” co-Chief Executive Officer Walter Robb said in the statement. Whole Foods, which has ...
News Summary: Whole Foods to require GMO labels
Washington Post - 10 hours ago
FINE PRINT: The company, based in Austin, Texas, says organic foods will not have to carry the labels since they do not contain genetically modified ingredients by definition. Meats and dairy products will need to be labeled if the animals are fed GMO crops.
Michelle Teheux: Eating and cooking are political acts
Wicked Local - 7 hours ago
Some countries actually ban GMOs, but here we won't even allow consumers to make their own choices. What we eat isn't just personal, but political. When we opened women's horizons we lost respect for many traditional female pursuits, including meal ...
Whole Foods Announces It Will Require GMO Labeling by 2018
SF Weekly (blog) - 6 hours ago
GMO transparency has become a hot-button issue in the country for the past few years, and even though California's Prop. 37 was defeated last November, a few other states are moving toward legislation requiring labels on any genetically modified foods ...
Collide-a-Scape
Discover Magazine (blog) - 14 hours ago
The Discover headline was so promising: “Anti-GMO Grass-Roots Effort Gains Ground in U.S.” I hoped it would be about just how strange the alliances in the anti-GMO movement are. We have groups like the Environmental Working Group and the Union of ...
Saffron Road Congratulates Whole Foods Market on Commitment to Non-GMO ...
Sacramento Bee - 9 hours ago
STAMFORD, Conn., March 8, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Saffron Road would like to congratulate Whole Foods Market for their announcement today to have all products labeled to indicate if they contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs), as well as their ...
Whole Foods vows to label genetically modified food
CBS News - 10 hours ago
Companies attack proposal to label modified foods. The use of GMOs has been a growing issue, with health advocates pushing to require labels on GMO products. © 2013 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, ...
Whole Foods announces 2018 deadline requiring GMO labeling on all products ...
The Birmingham News - al.com (blog) - 4 hours ago
The Non-GMO movement has gained steam over the past few years as customers seek fair labeling and information from food manufacturers. The announcement provides 5 years for retailers and manufacturers to comply at all 339 Whole Foods locations in ...
Local Market Is First to Require Labeling for Genetically Modified Foods
Patch.com - 3 hours ago
According to Whole Foods, which made the announcement at the Natural Products Expo West convention in Anaheim, it is the first national grocery chain to set a deadline for full GMO transparency. The chain has dozens of California markets including the ...
Expo West 2013: Whole Foods Pursues GMO Labeling
Supermarket News (blog) - 10 hours ago
The embattled GMO labeling movement just got its cavalry in the form of Whole Foods Market, which announced here at Expo West a plan to have all products sold in its U.S. and Canadian stores labeled by 2018. The move offsets recent defeats to get ...
Whole Foods says it will require labels on genetically modified ingredients
STLtoday.com - 7 hours ago
Even Whole Foods, when protesters in St. Louis last year demanded the company require mandatory labels, said its strategy was to label foods that are “GMO-free,” rather than those that contain genetically modified ingredients, because of the prevalence of ...
Whole Foods to require GMO food labels
UPI.com - 5 hours ago
Products sold in Whole Foods market free of genetically engineered ingredients currently carry a label to that effect, as verified by the non-profit Non-GMO Project certification organization, he said. "We've seen how our customers have responded to the ...
Whole Foods to label frankenfoods by 2018
Grist Magazine - 8 hours ago
Out of the pure goodness of its big corporate heart, Whole Foods wants you to know if there are any GMOs in your $8 kombucha and $30 take-out salad. Several states are kicking around proposals to require labels on genetically modified foods, but the ...
GMO: Can Modified Foods Help Fight the Obesity Crisis?
PolicyMic - 9 hours ago
Though Monsanto and other Ag giants have worked hard to give genetically modified organisms (GMO) crops a bad name through excessive litigation, the scientists who work to genetically modify crops are not all evil geniuses. Undoubtedly some are ...
Whole Foods to Label All Genetically Modified Food
Newser - 6 hours ago
(Newser) – In an industry first, Whole Foods promises that all genetically modified food sold in its stores will be clearly labeled as GMO products by 2018, reports NBC News. The chain says there's a growing demand by consumers to choose, but it's difficult to ...
Whole Foods Promises to Label GMO Ingredients by 2018
TakePart - 6 hours ago
When Whole Foods top brass announced this morning that they'd set a deadline requiring labeling of all products that contain genetically modified ingredients sold in their U.S. and Canadian stores, the room, filled with 400 suppliers, exploded with applause.
Whole Foods Commits to 'Full GMO Transparency' By 2018
Boise Weekly - 11 hours ago
Foodies took note of a big announcement today from the corporate office of Whole Foods, as the grocer—which swung open the doors of its new Boise location in November—decided to commit "to full GMO transparency by giving supplier partners five years ...
Whole Foods Market commits to GMO labeling in all US and Canadian stores by ...
FoodNavigator-USA.com - 10 hours ago
As moves to secure GMO labeling continue to gain momentum at a state level, Whole Foods Market has “put a stake in the ground” and made a commitment to label all products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in its US and Canadian stores ...
Whole Foods to Label Genetically Modified Foods
The Daily meal - 9 hours ago
Last election, California's Proposition 37 was a hot topics, as it would require all GMO foods to be labeled; the proposition didn't pass, but it got press with support from the likes of Alice Waters, Mario Batali, and Dan Barber. Genetically modified foods are sort ...
Letter: This movie reveals truth about new foods we eat
River Falls Journal - 14 hours ago
A free showing of the award-winning movie “Genetic Roulette: What you don't know about GMOs” will be held at the public library at 1 p.m. this Sunday. It discusses the disorders, allergies and diseases along with infertility that have been tied to GMO foods.
Backing the ban
Vernon Morning Star - 14 hours ago
Although there may, as yet, not be any scientific proof for detrimental effects on human health after GMO containing foods are consumed, genetically engineered plants are biological organisms that cross-pollinate with neighbouring non-GMO plants of the ...
Whole Foods Market (WFM -1%) announces that all products in North American ...
Seeking Alpha - 12 hours ago
The grocery store chain will be the first in the nation to adopt full GMO transparency and it could be another subtle hint the company will hold the line on premium pricing instead of adjusting its model. This Market Current was sent to 4,674 people who get ...
Whole Foods will require GMO labeling on its foods by 2018
Boulder Weekly - 7 hours ago
The nationwide chain, known for a specialization in natural, organic and eco- and socially-conscious foods, says it will require its suppliers to place labels on any products that contain GMOs. The decision by Whole Foods comes as several states and the ...
Maine Legislature to decide right-to-know food labeling issue
Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald (subscription) - 15 hours ago
The bill would require genetically-modified foods and foods containing genetically-modified organisms, such as processed foods made with genetically-modified corn, to bear a new label alerting consumers that the content has been “genetically engineered.” ...
Whole Foods Market commits to labeling of all GE products by 2018
AgraNet (subscription) - 9 hours ago
Whole Foods says it's the first national grocery chain to set a deadline for "full GMO transparency." Other retail chains have been less responsive to the demands of biotech opponents. Wal-Mart last summer rejected pressure from advocacy groups to prevent ...
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