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Mindful Monday # 8
Tagged with: Checkers Supermarket, CODEX, Consumer Awareness South Africa, Genetically engineered foods, GMO labelling, GRAS, Misleading labels, toxic foods
Posted in CONSPIRACY, CONSUMER AWARENESS, DIETS, FOOD SECURITY, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES & FOOD, MINDFUL EATING, NUTRITION, PICK N PAY, PnP, PUBLIC HEALTH, RETAILERS, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
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Woolworths Manipulating GMO Semantics Yet Again?
African Centre for Biosafety unmasked Woolworths yet again. ACB tests discovered that Woolworths White Sandwhich Bread contains 85.62% of GM Soya. Yet this product label remains “May Contain GM”. Woolworths Answers Their Concerned Customers: Woolworths Statement on May 30, 2014 “We have recently…
Tagged with: Genetically engineered foods, GMO DNA, GMO labelling, GMO safety concerns, GMO's, Misleading labels, South Africa consumer protection act, Woolworths South Africa
Posted in CONSUMER AWARENESS, FOOD SECURITY, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, GLYPHOSATE, GMO, HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES & FOOD, MONSANTO, NUTRITION, PUBLIC HEALTH, RETAILERS, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
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No to GMO in our Bread Petition
Campaign Update A message from ACB Firstly, a big thanks to those of you that signed ACB’s petition to the CEOs of the big food companies to say to no to GMOs in our foods. To those of you that haven’t, we’d…
Tagged with: Checkers Supermarket, Customer concerns, Genetically engineered foods, GMO DNA, GMO labelling, GMO safety concerns, GMO's, Misleading labels, Monopoly on food, Studies on GMO's, Woolworths South Africa
Posted in BREAD, DIETS, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, FOOD SECURITY, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, GLYPHOSATE, GMO, HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES & FOOD, MONSANTO, NUTRITION, PICK N PAY, PUBLIC HEALTH, RETAILERS, ROUNDUP READY, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
Posted in BREAD, DIETS, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, FOOD SECURITY, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, GLYPHOSATE, GMO, HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES & FOOD, MONSANTO, NUTRITION, PICK N PAY, PUBLIC HEALTH, RETAILERS, ROUNDUP READY, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
Grass Asks Woolworths to Commit to More Ethical Dairy Farming Practices
Most dairy products for human consumption come from cows’ milk. The majority of consumers are unaware of the harsh realities of the dairy industry and the ethical implications for dairy cows and their calves. (see an introduction into dairy farming here)…
Tagged with: animal rights, animals, Ayrshire, Bovine, Calves, Customer concerns, Dairy farming, Dehoring, Free range, Genetically engineered foods, GMO labelling, Misleading labels, Organic, South Africa consumer protection act, Woolworths South Africa
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, ANIMAL PROTECTION, CONSUMER AWARENESS, DAIRY, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, FOOD SECURITY, FREE RANGE SPECIFICATIONS IN SA, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, GMO, PASTURE REARED, PUBLIC HEALTH, RETAILERS, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, ANIMAL PROTECTION, CONSUMER AWARENESS, DAIRY, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, FOOD SECURITY, FREE RANGE SPECIFICATIONS IN SA, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, GMO, PASTURE REARED, PUBLIC HEALTH, RETAILERS, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
ACB Update on Portfolio Committee Hearing on 2,4D Resistant Crops
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Tagged with: ACB, African Centre for Biosafety, Genetically engineered foods, GMO DNA, GMO feed, GMO labelling, GMO safety concerns, GMO's, Kill genes, Monsanto, Studies on GMO's
Posted in CONSUMER AWARENESS, DIETS, EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, FOOD SECURITY, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, GLYPHOSATE, GMO, HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES & FOOD, MEDICAL RESEARCH, MONSANTO, NUTRITION, PUBLIC HEALTH, RETAILERS, ROUNDUP READY
Posted in CONSUMER AWARENESS, DIETS, EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, FOOD SECURITY, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, GLYPHOSATE, GMO, HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES & FOOD, MEDICAL RESEARCH, MONSANTO, NUTRITION, PUBLIC HEALTH, RETAILERS, ROUNDUP READY
Roundup Linked to Global Boom in Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance
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Tagged with: Genetically engineered foods, GMO DNA, GMO feed, GMO labelling, GMO safety concerns, GMO's, medical research, Monopoly on food, Monsanto, Studies on GMO's
Posted in CONSUMER AWARENESS, DIETS, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, FOOD SECURITY, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, GLYPHOSATE, GMO, HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES & FOOD, MEDICAL RESEARCH, MONSANTO, NUTRITION, PICK N PAY, RETAILERS, ROUNDUP READY, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
Posted in CONSUMER AWARENESS, DIETS, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, FOOD SECURITY, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, GLYPHOSATE, GMO, HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES & FOOD, MEDICAL RESEARCH, MONSANTO, NUTRITION, PICK N PAY, RETAILERS, ROUNDUP READY, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
Democracy and diversity can mend broken food systems – final diagnosis from UN right to food expert
Olivier De Schutter, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food [10 March 2014] GENEVA – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, today called for the world’s food systems to be radically and…
Tagged with: Factory farming, Free range, Genetically engineered foods, Monopoly on food, public health
Posted in CONSUMER AWARENESS, FOOD SECURITY, NUTRITION, PUBLIC HEALTH
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African Centre for Biosafety Petitions Government in Cape Town
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Woolworths: manipulating math or semantic science?
by Sonia de Villiers, Grass Food Researcher Grass looked at another Woolworths product recently, Oatmeal Digestives. Although the product is named Oatmeal Digestives, there is only 3% oatmeal in the product. Rather astonishing to label a product as being Oatmeal…
Tagged with: Customer concerns, Genetically engineered foods, GMO feed, GMO labelling, GMO safety concerns, GMO's, Misleading labels, South Africa consumer protection act, Woolworths South Africa
Posted in CONSUMER AWARENESS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, GMO, HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES & FOOD, NUTRITION, PUBLIC HEALTH, RETAILERS, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
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Consumer News Updates
Update to Woolworths GMO labelling After almost a year of corresponding with Woolworths, Grass formally laid a complaint, on 30 October 2013, with the National Consumer Commission requesting that Woolworths comply with the GMO labelling law and correctly label their…
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