Truth-in-Labeling

Millions Against Monsanto and Factory Farms
Organizing a Grassroots Truth-in-Labeling Campaign in Your Community
 By Ronnie Cummins

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_22362.cfm

"Monsanto and its similar counterparts are uneasy that North American consumers, like their European and Japanese counterparts, are wary and suspicious of genetically modified (GM) or engineered (GE) foods; as well as the filthy, disease-ridden animal factories (typically maintained by exploited immigrant labor) where GM grains and drugs are forced-fed to most of the nation's livestock and poultry. The biotech industry and the industrial agriculture lobby are painfully aware that every poll over the past two decades has shown that 85-95% of American consumers want mandatory labels on GM foods. They are also aware that most consumers are disgusted and alarmed once they get a glimpse in the media of the animal prisons and torture chambers the EPA euphemistically calls CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations).

This is why Monsanto, grocery store chains, and the Grocery Manufacturers Association adamantly oppose labels on GM foods or foods that come from CAFO animal factories. They know, just as we do, that millions of consumers are still "in the dark" about how "conventional" foods - especially the cheaper brands of animal products, processed and fast food - are produced. They know, just as we do, that millions of American consumers will shun or boycott products that are truthfully labeled in grocery stores as "May Contain GMOs" or "CAFO."