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FDA CHANGE: Thanksgiving Should Be Biotech Food FREE

By NonGMOTalk - Nov 20th, 2008 at 10:51 am EST

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Tags: biotech, change, FDA, health, Non-GMO, Shopping guide, Thanksgiving

Poll: 270 Million Americans Want GMOs Labeled
By next Thanksgiving I hope President Obama will have permanently removed the biotech industry from FDA policy making.
Thanksgiving GMOs include: GMO Turkey
GM animal feed
GMO Cranberry Dishes
High fructose corn syrup
Soy lecithin
GMO Pies
Vegetable oil (soy, corn ,cotton or canola)
Aspartame
GMO Green Bean Casserole
Soy protein concentrate in cream soupsGenetic Engineering or Genetic Modification of food involves the laboratory process of artificially inserting genes into the DNA of food crops or animals. GMOs can be engineered with genes from bacteria, viruses, insects animals or even humans.
Three simple tips for buying Non-GMO food staples are:
Oils
Replace oils from the four major GM oil crops, corn, cotton, canola and soy, with other readily available oils such as olive, safflower, grape seed or peanut.
Dairy
Avoid buying products from cows fed with GM corn and soybeans or injected with the (rBST or rBGH) bovine growth hormone.
Sweeteners
Avoid corn sweeteners made from GM corn like high fructose corn syrup. Shun beet sugar that will be in hundreds of your favorite products starting with the 2008 crop. Buy cane sugar products. A petition against new GM sugar can be found at www. responsibletechnology.org Organic products are another way to avoid GMOs. Learn more about the impacts of GMOs on health, environment, the economy, and agriculture, and the problems associated with current research, regulation, corporate practices, and reporting: www.responsibletechnology.org.

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