General Mills Announces No More GMOs In Original Cheerios (VIDEO):
But that line isn’t sitting well with the managing director of global agriculture research at CLSA, who told CNBC he thinks it’s a risky move.
“Are we really giving them what they want? We’re giving them what people are telling them what they want. I think if we’re going to add the GM-free label, we also need to add a little note that says we’re probably going to be using a lot more pesticides on American farms.”
NBC spoke with a professor of applied economics at Cornell University who says the whole change will probably help the company just make more money.
“I think it’s totally a marketing move. They’re playing to an audience that, sort of bluntly, has an irrational fear of GMOs.”
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