[Ngo-sanrm] Wall Street Journal: Cheerios Without GMOs (intro and link only)

Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Working Group ngo-sanrm at ngocentre.org.vn
Sat Jan 4 03:53:25 GMT 2014


It is rather significant that this story is getting major coverage in the
U.S.  The move to make Cheerios cereal without GMOs will make it harder for
other brands to resist labeling, and increase the pressure for them to
eliminate GMOs from their food products.

CHUCK SEARCY

*Only link and intro copied below, full text not included here. *

*Wall Street Journal* <http://splashurl.com/kba9rzl>
General Mills Starts Making Some Cheerios Without GMOs
  By Annie Gasparro
connect<http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303370904579297211874270146#>
 Updated Jan. 2, 2014 9:16 p.m. ET

*General Mills <http://quotes.wsj.com/GIS> Inc. GIS -0.28%
<http://quotes.wsj.com/GIS> has started producing Cheerios free of
genetically modified content, making the 73-year-old breakfast cereal one
of the highest-profile brands to change in the face of growing complaints
over such ingredients from activist groups and some consumers.*

*Write to * Annie Gasparro at annie.gasparro at wsj.com

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