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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
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
South African Consumers Comment on Woolies Dairy
Grass is always interested to know what South African consumers have to say about food related issues. Since the Woolworths Dairy story first broke (here) there has been a flood of comments – please let us know if there are…
Tagged with: animal rights, animal treatment, animals, Ayrshire, Bovine, Calves, Checkers Supermarket, Customer concerns, Dairy farming, Dehoring, Free range, Milk products, Milking, Misleading labels, South Africa consumer protection act, Woolworths South Africa
Posted in CONSUMER AWARENESS, DAIRY, FREE RANGE SPECIFICATIONS IN SA, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, PASTURE REARED, RETAILERS, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
Posted in CONSUMER AWARENESS, DAIRY, FREE RANGE SPECIFICATIONS IN SA, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, PASTURE REARED, RETAILERS, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
Grass Responds to Ian Moir, CEO of Woolworths
Dear Ian Moir, Thank you for your recent reply to our open letter, which has raised some alarming questions. As the CEO of Woolworths, how in touch are you with your Food Teams? Do you know and care how Woolworths…
Tagged with: animal rights, animals, Ayrshire, Bovine, Calves, CEO, Customer concerns, Dairy farming, Free range, GMO labelling, Ian Moir, Misleading labels, 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, PIG FARMING, PIGGERY, POULTRY FARMING, 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, PIG FARMING, PIGGERY, POULTRY FARMING, RETAILERS, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
An Open Letter to Ian Moir, CEO of Woolworths
An Open Letter to Ian Moir, CEO of Woolworths Dear Ian Moir, Woolworths marketing and brand image has told South African consumers that you care about quality, social justice, animal welfare, the environment, and about your Woolworths customers. We have…
Consumers Plead With Woolworths
Dairy cows and Grass need your help once again. We are still in the cow turf wars with Woolworths. Grass would like to make one final plea to Woolworths to address the dairy concerns in the Dairy Commitment List that…
Tagged with: animal rights, Ayrshire, Bovine, Calves, Customer concerns, Dairy farming, Dairy reality, Dehoring, Free range, GMO labelling, Misleading labels, Organic, Woolworths South Africa
Posted in DAIRY, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, FREE RANGE SPECIFICATIONS IN SA, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, GMO, PASTURE REARED, RETAILERS
Posted in DAIRY, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, FREE RANGE SPECIFICATIONS IN SA, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, GMO, PASTURE REARED, RETAILERS
Has anyone noticed, no organic milk available at Woolworths?
This story is going viral, Travelwrite, where the story broke, receives over 2000 hits a day, people are banding together to form groups to source ethically produced dairy. Below is our response to Woolworths. Background to the story here. Letters…
Tagged with: animal rights, Customer concerns, Dairy farming, Dairy reality, Dehoring, GMO labelling, Misleading labels, South Africa consumer protection act, Woolworths South Africa
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, ANIMAL PROTECTION, FOOD SECURITY, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, GMO, HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES & FOOD, RETAILERS, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, ANIMAL PROTECTION, FOOD SECURITY, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, GMO, HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES & FOOD, RETAILERS, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
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
Posted in CONSUMER AWARENESS, FOOD SECURITY, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, GLYPHOSATE, GMO, HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES & FOOD, MONSANTO, NUTRITION, PUBLIC HEALTH, RETAILERS, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
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
Our Kids and the Alarm List
Marketing and Our Children The majority of foods marketed to children in supermarket stores feature characters on the packaging, often Disney characters, which has been shown to manipulate children’s food related beliefs and encourage them to request these products. Our…
Tagged with: aspartame, azo dyes, Checkers Supermarket, Customer concerns, E104, E133, Hyperactivity, Misleading labels, Monosodium glutamate, MSG, sodium benzoate, Sodium nitrite, Trans fats
Posted in COCO-COLA, CONSUMER AWARENESS, DIETS, RETAILERS, SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS
Posted in COCO-COLA, CONSUMER AWARENESS, DIETS, RETAILERS, SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS
Grass Consumer Group 