[Ngo-sanrm] FDA 'concern' over caffeinated food prompts investigation, still ignoring GMOs
Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Working Group
ngo-sanrm at ngocentre.org.vn
Thu May 2 13:04:07 ICT 2013
The FDA's Deputy Commissioner for Foods, Michael Taylor, said that
colas from the 1950s were the only items ever approved to have added
caffeine by the FDA. The FDA has reportedly met with several large food
companies such as Mars Inc. to discuss their concerns.
"It is disturbing. We're concerned about whether they have been adequately evaluated," said Taylor.
Ironically, the main concern for most food safety advocates is genetically-modified foods (GMO), which Taylor has a long history of supporting.
Taylor was not only a lawyer who represented the GMO giant Monsanto, who are most known for producing such poisons as Agent Orange, but
later became Monsanto's Vice President for Public Policy before being appointed to the USDA and later the FDA a second time under President Obama.
Despite the release of secret documents from the early 1990s showing the FDA's extreme concern over safety
issues regarding GMOs initially, Taylor went on to help approve GMOs for human consumption while alleging their safety.
http://www.examiner.com/article/fda-concern-over-caffeinated-food-prompts-investigation-still-ignoring-gmos
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Chuck Palazzo
Agent Orange Action Group
http://aoag.org/
Hoa Binh Chapter, Veterans For Peace
http://vfp-vn.ning.com/
chuck_pal at yahoo.com
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