GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS ON HUMAN HEALTH

Genetically modified foods (GM foods, or biotech foods) are foods produced from genetically modified organisms (GMOs), specifically, genetically modified crops. GMOs have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering techniques. These techniques are much more precise[1] than mutagenesis (mutation breeding) where an organism is exposed to radiation or chemicals to create a non-specific but stable change. Other techniques by which humans modify food organisms include selective breeding and somaclonal variation.

FMDs, Foods of Mass Destruction, being released across U.S. without safety testing by S. D. Wells (NaturalNews) GMO food is a chemical weapon of mass destruction, infecting bees, worms, beatles, plants, vegetables, fruits, soil and human beings. As Obama tries to ensure "humanity" overseas in third world countries that hate America, he puts the former Monsanto Vice President in charge of the FDA and the legalization, distribution, and pollution of up to 90 percent of all crops that are eaten regularly by Americans, those who don't know about glyphosate and the "Roundup Ready" disease implications. (http://www.naturalnews.com) In outposts all over the United States (conventional grocery stores), the public remains misinformed or simply uneducated about the dangers of genetically mutated food like corn, soy and canola. Hybrid seeds are being sold at FMD franchises and corporate mass supply stations (Home Depot and Lowe's). (http://www.motherearthnews.com). Yes there are hybrid seeds and plants that occur naturally, but GMO is a different story. This is much needed information relevant to your DNA and can prove to be a life or death decisionbased future of food. Is "Miracle Grow" some kind of chemical soil? Is fluoridated water poison too? Are MSG and aspartame specifically designed to terrorize your central nervous system and send you to doctors for synthetic drugs? Mass destruction of human cells is a serial crime, and people need to wake up and choose organic, before the WAR on FOOD comes home to roost in their bodies, in the form of cancer and Alzheimer's disease. (http://yosemite.epa.gov) Monsanto now has federal immunity from prosecution from planting untested GM seeds all over the earth, and growing cancer causing foods without any repercussions, even if the tests come in to prove this atrocity. New legislation is passed, and your health is being threatened. This is a global food genocide we are in the midst of, and everyone needs to be making informed decisions about food and water every day, every meal, every purchase. (http://vigilantcitizen.com) No matter what you have read, seen, heard or believe about GMO, it's killing rats in long term studies, and they don't have to overdose the rats to give them huge horrific tumors in a short period of time. French scientists who have no interest in corporate-led America and the Biotech frenzy ran long term studies and found that GMO is destructive to animal immune systems and ends life early! Shocking findings in new GMO studies reveal this hard

truth. Rats fed a lifetime of GM corn grow horrifying tumors, and 70 percent of the females die early! (http://www.naturalnews.com) The War on Food outweighs the War on Terror by a long shot About 3,000 people died in 9/11. Tens of thousands have died fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, but at least 750,000 people die every year inside the United States from cancer, a totally preventable disease that the FDA, the CDC, and the Biotech Agricultural Industry of the United States perpetuates with GMO. GM seeds are seeds of deception. Find out how they can change your genetic structure and make your body attack itself. Hear it from the expert, Jeffrey Smith, for free on YouTube: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk6gd4yhCCE&list=PL839AB61EF343151 6) Get the smart phone app "Fooducate" and extinguish this nightmare by scanning the barcode of every food product you consider buying. The application is free and can scan for GMO and other synthetic food ingredients that fuel the "FMD" Foods of Mass Destruction campaign. This is the beginning of the end of GMO, be a part of it. (http://www.naturalnews.com/039993_fooducate_GMO_smart_phone.html) Planet Earth is chock full of natural resources, foods that heal the body, herbs and mushrooms that build immunity, extracts and seed oils that cure diseases, and if no food scientists ever took any of it into a lab and cooked it with chemicals, there would be far less disease and disorder. Buy organic food and solve the problem yourself! (http://store.naturalnews.com/Superfoods_c_4.html) Genetically Modified Organisms are Unfit for Consumption by Ethan Huff (NaturalNews) The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has issued a warning urging the public to avoid genetically modified foods and has also called for a moratorium on GMOs until long-term, independent studies can prove their safety. The group has also called for required labeling of foods that contain GMOs, a move that has been strongly opposed by the Food and Drug Administration and Big Biotech which cooperatively purport that consumers should not have the right to know whether or not the foods they

buy come from traditionally bred or genetically engineered sources. While urging for more independent studies, the AAEM paper cites its own studies alleging that genetically modified foods cause serious adverse health effects, emphasizing more than a mere "causal association" as is commonly assumed. These effects include rapid aging, severe alterations to the major bodily organs, infertility, immune problems, gastrointestinal dysfunction, and disruption to proper insulin regulation, among others. Many doctors are warning their patients to avoid GMOs as well, recognizing the distinct correlation between GMOs and disease. Ohio allergist Dr. John Boyles believes genetically engineered foods are so dangerous that people should never eat them. Biologist Pushpa M. Bhargava, following the review of more than 600 scientific journals, has concluded that the drastic deterioration of Americans' health in recent years can be attributed to GMOs being introduced into their diets. Experimental studies of genetically engineered foods and their effects in the body are disturbing, to say the least. Biologist David Schubert of the Salk Institute has stated that children are the most likely people to experience the adverse effects of GMOs, noting that apart from adequate safety studies, children become "the experimental animals". In truth, every citizen is a guinea pig when genetically altered organisms are introduced into the food supply without adequate safety studies let alone honest labeling. In the animal studies that have been conducted, some noteworthy findings have been discovered about GMOs: Female rats fed genetically modified soy saw most of their babies die within three weeks compared to the 10% death rate experienced by rats fed natural soy. The babies that survived in the genetically modified-fed control group were also born smaller and had problems getting pregnant later on. Male rats fed genetically modified soy experienced a change in testicular color from pink to dark blue, as well as altered young sperm and significant changes in their DNA. Indian buffalo that consumed genetically modified cottonseed experienced various birthing complications including infertility, abortions, premature delivery, and prolapsed uteruses. Many of the calves that survived birth died shortly thereafter.

In the United States, about 24 farmers reported that their pigs became sterile after consuming genetically modified corn. Genetically modified corn and cotton, purposely engineered to create their own built-in pesticide called Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), have been indicted in several studies to provoke intense allergic and immune reactions and death. Since the levels of Bt produced in the plant represent thousands of times more a concentration of Bt than natural Bt spray, the effects are greatly amplified. Shepherds whose sheep grazed on Bt cotton after harvest witnessed thousands of their sheep die. Post mortem examinations revealed severe irritation and black patches in the intestines and liver, as well as enlarged bile ducts. All sheep fed the Bt cotton eventually died within 30 days while those that grazed on natural cotton remained healthy. Bt corn was also responsible for the deaths of cows, horses, water buffaloes, and chicken in both Germany and the Philippines. Genetically modified tomatoes fed to rats were shown to cause bleeding stomachs and eventually killed many of the rats. These are just a few examples of the many catastrophic effects of using genetically modified organisms as food. Probably the worst finding in the AAEM report is the fact that GMOs can live and reproduce in the intestinal flora of the body long after being eaten. The genes present in the genetically modified organisms transfer into the DNA of intestinal bacteria, the good bacteria that digests food and maintains bodily health. This reprogramming can cause the intestinal flora to begin reproducing Bt pesticides, for example, rather than producing the living bacteria it is supposed to. The permanent, deadly implications of these alterations are mind boggling since intestinal flora is crucial for life. Despite consensus from most FDA scientists in the early '90s declaring that genetically modified foods are inherently dangerous and could lead to all sorts of serious health problems, politics won out as mandates were given from Washington to promote biotechnology and GMOs in spite of apparent and obvious dangers. This led to the promotion of Michael Taylor, former attorney for Monsanto, as head of GMO policy at the FDA, a move that led to the official denial by the agency of any knowledge or substantiated concern by any FDA scientists about the safety of GMOs.

Despite findings in some 44,000 pages of internal FDA memos and reports released in 1999 due to a lawsuit, findings that contained the warnings from then scientists about the "unintended negative side effects" of genetic engineering, official FDA GMO policy has been scrubbed clean of the truth and purports blatant lies in its defense of GMOs as safe. In fact, current policy emphatically states that no safety studies on GMOs are even required or necessary; it is instead up to Big Biotech to determine the safety of its own genetically modified organisms if it so chooses. Many people may remember the deadly epidemic in the late 1980s from the genetically engineered version of L-tryptophan, a food supplement, that was introduced into the market. An estimated 10,000 people became permanently disabled and about 100 died. Yet despite the rapidly occurring, deadly effects from this particular GMO immediately following its release, including noticeable changes in the blood, it took over four years to identify the existence of this epidemic. Many concerned doctors hypothesize that the disease-causing symptoms of GMOs being consumed today will take years to show up, further besetting the efforts of those who are trying to expose the dangers of GMOs. Current data is showing that since 1996 when genetically modified crops were first introduced, the incidences of people with three or more chronic diseases has jumped from 7 percent to 13 percent. In addition to all the existing evidence, AAEM is urging its members, the scientific community, and those in medicine to continue gathering case studies and initiate epidemiological research to help determine, once and for all, the effects of GMOs on human beings in addition to their effects on animals. It is wise to avoid foods that contain GMOs and ingredients that are genetically engineered. These include non-organic corn and soy derivatives, canola and cottonseed oils, and sugar from sugar beets. Ingredients such as corn starch, corn meal, and soy lecithin are great examples of common ingredients that are suspect. Unless labeled as non-GMO or explicitly organic, these common ingredients are most likely genetically modified and should be avoided at all costs. Lastly, the mindful citizen should contact grocers, food manufacturers, and

restaurants to inquire about genetically modified ingredients and oppose their usage. As increasing numbers of people begin to seek out this information across the food supply-chain and purposefully avoid products that contain GMOs, producers and retailers will phase them out in order to meet demand. This can be seen in the gradual elimination of toxins such as high fructose corn syrup from food as consumers learn about its effects and avoid products that contain it. Call Congress and urge support for mandatory GMO labeling, perhaps even the elimination of GMOs entirely. Get creative. Tell friends and family about the dangers of GMOs, organize local campaigns, and pass out literature. The sooner people become aware of GMOs and the havoc they are causing, and demand their removal from food, the sooner GMOs will exist only in history books as one of the most detrimental scientific experiments ever perpetrated on mankind. The globalization of GMOs: How genetic engineering is destroying the developing world by Mariel Chance (NaturalNews) Globalization affects everyone. The shrinking world brings people in the United States closer to ideas and cultures from all corners of the earth. Likewise, other countries are introduced to many facets of the American life and that way of life includes genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The use of GMOs in food originated in America and while much of the West has banned their use, the developing world is taking part - to their detriment. GMO introduction Genetically engineered crops came to the market in America in the mid 90s. With much help from the FDA, who didn't require additional labeling, due to their concept of "substantial equivalence," the consumer was none the wiser. Basically, the FDA didn't find it necessary to inform consumers of GMO use through labeling because they didn't see any significant difference between GMOs and conventional crops. GMOs today

Fast forward to modern day. The use of GMOs in food has been problematic. Super weeds are destroying farmers' fields; only a handful of multinational corporations own the patents to these crops; biodiversity is diminishing. What's more, these crops have yet to be found safe for long-term human consumption in any independent studies. This is because the studies are done by the corporation responsible for the technology which allows for a severe bias. America is exceedingly at the whim of these mega-conglomerates who are making very large claims. Genetic engineering is the future of food; it is supposed to help alleviate world hunger, produce larger yields, resist pests without a lot of pesticides, and help reduce farmers' labor. The technology is now being pawned off to the developing world as a solution to their poverty and hunger. How do these claims stack up? And are these corporations really helping the third world? GMOs in Haiti To get a better understanding of how the developing world is grappling with the GMO debacle, let's look at how several developing countries have adapted. One biotech corporation donated 475 tons of hybrid vegetable seeds, some treated with chemicals so toxic that agricultural workers have to wear special protective clothing, to impoverished Haiti. You would imagine that such a poor country would be grateful for donated seeds. In fact, the opposite holds true. Intense opposition ensued; with the promise to burn the seeds as they are, "a very strong attack on small agriculture, on farmers, on biodiversity, on Creole seeds ... and on what is left our environment in Haiti," claims a Haitian peasant farmer and activist. Bt cotton in China and Indonesia The claims weren't substantiated in China either. According to one study, their use of Bt cotton over seven years has increased the need for fertilizer and irrigation water; additionally, "Bt cotton is expected to increase the incidence of primary pest bollworms, which could develop resistance and develop secondary pests like caterpillars," one study claims. Indonesia, also using Bt cotton, pulled the plug on the crop and switched to a non-GMO variety when it didn't produce the promised yields. In addition to smaller yields, a significant amount of the planted crop experienced total

harvest failure. As if this weren't enough to put the farmers into debt, the company selling the seeds raised the prices, and trapped in a contract, as is the norm when using GMO seeds, the farmers had to acquiesce. African sweet potatoes GMO sweet potatoes were introduced into Africa with the claim they were resistant to a specific type of virus. In fact, they were just as susceptible to the virus as conventional sweet potatoes and contrarily, a sweet potato was produced through cross-breeding that actually resisted the virus.

Potential Health Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods By Stephen Lendman Global Research, February 22, 2008 This article discusses the potential health risks of genetically engineered foods (GMOs). It draws on some previously used material because its importance bears repeating. It also cites three notable books and highlights one in particular Jeffrey Smiths Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods. Detailed information from the book is featured below. Genetically engineered foods saturate our diet today. In the US alone, over 80% of all processed foods contain them. Others include grains like rice, corn and wheat; legumes like soybeans and soy products; vegetable oils, soft drinks; salad dressings; vegetables and fruits; dairy products including eggs; meat, chicken, pork and other animal products; and even infant formula plus a vast array of hidden additives and ingredients in processed foods (like in tomato sauce, ice cream, m argarine and peanut butter). Consumers dont know what theyre eating because labeling is prohibited, yet the danger is clear. Independently conducted studies show the more of these foods we eat, the greater the potential harm to our health. Today, consumers are kept in the dark and are part of an uncontrolled, unregulated mass human experiment the results of which are unknown. Yet, the risks are enormous, it will take years to learn them, and when we finally know itll be too late to reverse the damage if its proved conclusively that genetically engineered foods harm human health as growing numbers of independent experts believe. Once GM seeds are introduced to an area, the genie is out of the bottle for keeps. There is nothing known to science today to reverse the contamination already spread over two-thirds of arable US farmland and heading everywhere unless checked. This is happening in spite of the risk because of what F. William Engdahl revealed in his powerfully important, well documented book titled Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation. Its the diabolical story of how Washington and four Anglo-American agribusiness giants plan world domination by patenting animal and

vegetable life forms to gain worldwide control of our food supply, make it all genetically engineered, and use it as a weapon to reward friends and punish enemies. Today, consumers eat these foods daily without knowing the potential health risks. In 2003, Jeffrey Smith explained them in his book titled Seeds of Deception. He revealed that efforts to inform the public have been quashed, reliable science has been buried, and consider what happened to two distinguished scientists UC Berkeleys Ignacio Chapela and former Scotland Rowett Research Institute resea rcher and worlds leading lectins and plant genetic modification expert, Arpad Pusztai. They were vilified, hounded, and threatened for their research, and in the case of Pusztai, fired from his job for doing it. He believed in the promise of GM foods, was commissioned to study them, and conducted the first ever independent one on them anywhere. Like other researchers since, he was shocked by his findings. Rats fed GM potatoes had smaller livers, hearts, testicles and brains, damaged immune systems, and showed structural changes in their white blood cells making them more vulnerable to infection and disease compared to other rats fed non-GMO potatoes. It got worse. Thymus and spleen damage showed up; enlarged tissues, including the pancreas and intestines; and there were cases of liver atrophy as well as significant proliferation of stomach and intestines cells that could be a sign of greater future risk of cancer. Equally alarming, results showed up after 10 days of testing, and they persisted after 110 days thats the human equivalent of 10 years. Later independent studies confirmed what Pusztai learned, and Smith published information on them in his 2007 book called Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods. The book is encyclopedic in depth, an invaluable comprehensive source, and this article reviews some of the shocking data in it. Compelling Evidence of Potential GMO Harm In his introduction, Smith cites the US Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) policy statement on GM food safety without a shred of evidence to back it. It supported GHW Bushs Executive Order that GMOs are substantially equivalent to ordinary seeds and crops and need no government regulation. The agency said it was not aware of any information showing that foods derived by these new methods differ from other foods in any meaningful or uniform way. That single statement meant no safety studies are needed and Ultimately, it is the food producer that bears responsibility for assuring safety. As a consequence, foxes now guard our henhouse in a brave new dangerous world. FDA policy opened the floodgates, and Smith put it this way: It set the stage for the rapid deployment of the new technology, allowed the seed industry to become consolidated, millions of acres (to be) planted, hundreds of millions to be fed (these foods in spite of nations and consumers objecting, and) laws to be passed (to assure it). The toll today is contaminated crops, billions of dollars lost, human health harmed, and it turns out the FDA lied. The agency knew GM crops are meaningfully different because their technical experts told them so. As a result, they recommended long-term studies, including on humans, to test for possible allergies, toxins, new diseases and nutritional problems. Instead, politics

trumped science, the White House ordered the FDA to promote GM crops, and a former Monsanto vice-president went to FDA to assure it. Today, the industry is unregulated, and when companies say their foods are safe, their views are unquestioned. Further, Smith noted that policy makers in other countries trust FDA and wrongly assume their assessments are valid. Theyre disproved when independent studies are matched against industry-run ones. The differences are startling. The former report adverse affects while the latter claim the opposite. Its no secret why. Agribusiness giants allow nothing to interfere with profits, safety is off the table, and all negative information is quashed. As a result, their studies are substandard, adverse findings are hidden, and they typically fail to investigate the impacts of GM food on gut function, liver function, kidney function, the immune system, endocrine system, blood composition, allergic response, effects on the unborn, the potential to cause cancer, or impacts on gut bacteria. In addition, industry-funded studies creatively avoid finding problems or conceal any uncovered. They cook the books by using older instead of younger more sensitive animals, keep sample sizes too low for statistical significance, dilute the GM component of feeds used, limit the duration of feeding trials, ignore animal deaths and sickness, and engage in other unscientific practices. Its to assure people never learn of the potential harm from these foods, and Smith says they can do it because Theyve got bad science down to a science. The real kinds show GMOs produce massive changes in the natural functioning of (a) plants DNA. Native genes can be mutated, deleted, permanently turned off or on.the inserted gene can become truncated, fragmented, mixed with other genes, inverted or multiplied, and the GM protein it produces may have unintended characteristics that may be harmful. GMOs also pose other health risks. When a transgene functions in a new cell, it may produce different proteins than the ones intended. They may be harmful, but theres no way to know without scientific testing. Even if the protein is exactly the same, there are still problems. Consider corn varieties engineered to produce a pesticidal protein called Bt-toxin. Farmers use it in spray form, and companies falsely claim its harmless to humans. In fact, people exposed to the spray develop allergic-type symptoms, mice ingesting Bt had powerful immune responses and abnormal and excessive cell growth, and a growing number of human and livestock illnesses are linked to Bt crops. Smith notes still another problem relating to inserted genes. Assuming theyre destroyed by our digestive system, as industry claims, is false. In fact, they may move from food into gut bacteria or internal organs, and consider the potential harm. If corn genes with Bttoxin get into gut bacteria, our intestinal flora may become pesticide factories. Theres been no research done to prove if its true or false. Agribusiness giants arent looking, neither is FDA, consumers are left to play Genetic Roulette, and the few animal feeding studies done show the odds are against them. Arpad Pusztai and other scientists were shocked at their results of animals fed GM foods. His results were cited above. Other independent studies showed stunted growth, impaired immune systems, bleeding stomachs, abnormal and potentially precancerous cell growth

in the intestines, impaired blood cell development, misshaped cell structures in the liver, pancreas and testicles, altered gene expression and cell metabolism, liver and kidney lesions, partially atrophied livers, inflamed kidneys, less developed organs, reduced digestive enzymes, higher blood sugar, inflamed lung tissue, increased death rates and higher offspring mortality as well. Theres more. Two dozen farmers reported their pigs and cows fed GM corn became sterile, 71 shepherds said 25% of their sheep fed Bt cotton plants died, and other reports showed the same effects on cows, chickens, water buffaloes and horses. After GM soy was introduced in the UK, allergies from the product skyrocketed by 50%, and in the US in the 1980s, a GM food supplement killed dozens and left five to ten thousand others sick or disabled. Today, Monsanto is the worlds largest seed producer, and Smith notes how the company deals with reports like these. In response to the US Public Health Service concerning adverse reactions from its toxic PCBs, the company claims its experience has been singularly free of difficulties. Thats in spite of lawsuit-obtained records showing this was part of a cover-up and denial that lasted decades by a company with a long history of irresponsible behavior that includes extensive bribery, highjacking of regulatory agencies, suppressing negative information about its products and threatening journalists and scientists who dare report them. The company long ago proved it cant be trusted with protecting human health. In his book, Seeds of Destruction, Engdahl names four dominan t agribusiness giants Monsanto, DuPont, Dow Agrisciences and Syngenta in Switzerland from the merger of the agriculture divisions of Novartis and AstraZeneca. Smith calls these companies Ag biotech and names a fifth Germany-based Bayer CropScience AG (division of Bayer AG) with its Environmental Science and BioScience headquarters in France. Their business is to do the impossible and practically overnight change the laws of nature and do them one better for profit. So far they havent independent beca use genetic engineering doesnt work like natural breeding. It may or may not be a lot of things, but it isnt sex, says Smith. Michael Antoniou, a molecular geneticist involved in human gene therapy, explains that genetic modification technically and con ceptually bears no resemblance to natural breeding. The reproduction process works by both parents contributing thousands of genes to the offspring. They, in turn, get sorted naturally, and plant breeders have successfully worked this way for thousands of years. Genetic manipulation is different and so far fraught with danger. It works by forcibly inserting a single gene from a species DNA into another unnaturally. Smith puts it this way: A pig can mate with a pig and a tomato can mate with a tomato. But this is no way that a pig can mate with a tomato and vice versa. The process transfers genes across natural barriers that separated species over millions of years of evolution and managed to work. The biotech industry now wants us to believe it can do nature one better, and that genetic engineering is just an extension or superior alternative to natural breeding. Its unproved, indefensible pseudoscience mumbo jumbo, and thats the problem. Biologist David Schubert explains that industry claims are not only scientifically incorrect but exceptionally deceptive.to make the GE process sound similar to conventional plant

breeding. It a smoke screen to hide the fact that what happens in laboratories cant duplicate nature, at least not up to now. Genetic engineering involves combining genes that never before existed together, the process defies natural breeding proved safe over thousands of years, and theres no way to assure the result wont be a deadly unrecallable Andromeda Strain, no longer the world of science fiction. The industry pooh-poohs the suggestion of potential harm, and unscientifically claims millions of people in the US and worldwide have eaten GM food for a decade, and no one got sick. Smiths reply: How can we know as GM foods might already be contributing to serious health problems, but since no one is monitoring for this, it could take decades to find out. By then, it will be too late and some industry critics argue it already may be or dangerously close. Today, most existing diseases have no effective surveillance systems in place. If GM foods create new ones, that potentially compounds the problem manyfold. Consider HIV/AIDS. It went unnoticed for decades and when identified, many thousands worldwide were infected or had died. Then theres the problem of linkage. In the US and many countries, GM foods are unlabeled so its impossible tracing illness and diseases to specific substances ingested even if thousands of people are affected. It can plausibly be blamed on anything, especially when governments and regulatory agencies support industry claims of reliability and safety. Its rare that problems like the L-Tryptophan epidemic of the late 1980s are identified, but when it was thousands were already harmed. L-Tryptophan is a natural amino acid constituent of most proteins and for years was produced by many companies including Showa Denko in Japan. The company then got greedy, saw a way to increase profits from a product designed to induce sleep naturally, and gene-spliced a bacterium into the natural product to do it. The result was many dozens dead, over 1500 crippled, and up to 10,000 afflicted with a blood disorder from a new incurable disease called Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome or EMS. Its a painful, multi-system disease that causes permanent scarring and fibrosis to nerve and muscle tissues, continuing inflammation, and a permanent change in a persons immune system. It cost the company two billion dollars to settle claims. Hundreds have since died, in all likelihood from contracting EMS. This is the known toll from a single product. Consider the potential harm with Ag biotech wanting all foods to be unlabeled GMOs worldwide and governments unable to balk because WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) and Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) rules deny them. Theyre also prevented under WTOs Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement (SPS). It states that national laws banning GMO products are unfair trade practices even when they endanger human health. Other WTO rules also apply called Technical Barriers to Trade. They prohibit GMO labeling so consumers dont know what theyre eating and cant avoid these potentially hazardous foods. The 1996 Biosafety Protocol was drafted to prevent this problem, and it should be in place to do it. Public safety, however, was ambushed by Washington, the FDA and the agribusiness lobby. It sabotaged talks and insisted biosafety measures be subordinate to

WTO trade rules that apply regardless of other considerations, including public health and safety. The path is thus cleared for the unrestricted spread of GMO seeds and foods worldwide unless a way is found to stop it. Independent Animal Studies Showing GMO Harm Rats fed genetically engineered Calgene Flavr-Savr tomatoes (developed to look fresh for weeks) for 28 days got bleeding stomachs (stomach lesions) and seven died and were replaced in the study. Rats fed Monsanto 863 Bt corn for 90 days developed multiple reactions typically found in response to allergies, infections, toxins, diseases like cancer, anemia and blood pressure problems. Their blood cells, livers and kidneys showed significant changes indicative of disease. Mice fed either GM potatoes engineered to produce Bt- toxin or natural potatoes containing the toxin had intestinal damage. Both varieties created abnormal and excessive cell growth in the lower intestine. The equivalent human damage might cause incontinence or flu-like symptoms and could be pre-cancerous. The study disproved the contention that digestion destroys Bt-toxin and is not biologically active in mammals. Workers in India handling Bt cotton while picking, loading, weighing and separating the fiber from seeds developed allergies. They began with mild to severe itching, then redness and swelling, followed by skin eruptions. These symptoms affected their skin, eyes (got red and swollen with excessive tearing) and upper respiratory tract causing nasal discharge and sneezing. In some cases, hospitalization was required. At one cotton gin factory, workers take antihistamines daily. Sheep grazing on Bt cotton developed unusual systems before dying mysteriously. Reports from four Indian villages revealed 25% of them died within a week. Post mortems indicated a toxic reaction. The study raises questions about cottonseed oil safety and human health for people who eat meat from animals fed GM cotton. Its crucial to understand that what animals eat, so do people. Nearly all 100 Filipinos living adjacent to a Bt corn field became ill. Their symptoms appeared when the crop was producing airborne pollen and was apparently inhaled. Doing it produced headaches, dizziness, extreme stomach pain, vomiting, chest pains, fever, and allergies plus respiratory, intestinal and skin reactions. Blood tests conducted on 39 victims showed an antibody response to Bt-toxin suggesting it was the cause. Four other villages experienced the same problems that also resulted in several animal deaths. Iowa farmers reported a conception rate drop of from 80% to 20% among sows (female pigs) fed GM corn. Most animals also had false pregnancies, some delivered bags of water and others stopped menstruating. Male pigs were also affected as well as cows and bulls. They became sterile and all were fed GM corn. German farmer Gottfried Glockner grew GM corn and fed it to his cows. Twelve subsequently died from the Bt 176 variety, and other cows had to be destroyed due to a mysterious illness. The corn plots were field trials for Ag biotech giant Syngenta that later took the product off the market with no admission of fault.

Mice fed Monsanto Roundup Ready soybeans developed significant liver cell changes indicating a dramatic general metabolism increase. Symptoms included irregularly shaped nuclei and nucleoli, and an increased number of nuclear pores and othe r changes. Its thought this resulted from exposure to a toxin, and most symptoms disappeared when Roundup Ready was removed from the diet. Mice fed Roundup Ready had pancreas problems, heavier livers and unexplained testicular cell changes. The Monsanto product also produced cell metabolism changes in rabbit organs, and most offspring of rats on this diet died within three weeks. The death rate for chickens fed GM Liberty Link corn for 42 days doubled. They also experienced less weight gain, and their food intake was erratic. In the mid-1990s, Australian scientists discovered that GM peas generated an allergictype inflammatory response in mice in contrast to the natural protein that had no adverse effect. Commercialization of the product was cancelled because of fear humans might have the same reaction. When given a choice, animals avoid GM foods. This was learned by observing a flock of geese that annually visit an Illinois pond and feed on soybeans from an adjacent farm. After half the acreage had GM crops, the geese ate only from the non-GMO side. Another observation showed 40 deer ate organic soybeans from one field but shunned the GMO kind across the road. The same thing happened with GM corn. Inserting foreign or transgenes is called insertional mutagenesis or insertion mutation. When done, it usually disrupts DNA at the insertion site and affects gene functioning overall by scrambling, deleting or relocating the genetic code near the insertion site. The process of creating a GM plant requires scientists first to isolate and grow plant cells in the laboratory using a tissue culture process. The problem is when its done it can create hundreds or thousands of DNA mutations throughout the genome. Changing a single base pair may be harmful. However, widespread genome changes compound the potential problem manyfold. Promoters are used in GM crops as switches to turn on the foreign gene. When done, the process may accidently switch on other natural plant genes permanently. The result may be to overproduce an allergen, toxin, carcinogen, antinutrient, enzymes that stimulate or inhibit hormone production, RNA that silences genes, or changes that affect fetal development. They may also produce regulators that block other genes and/or switch on a dormant virus that may cause great harm. In addition, evidence suggests the promoter may create genetic instability and mutations that can result in the breakup and recombination of the gene sequence. Plants naturally produce thousands of chemicals to enhance health and protect against disease. However, changing plant protein may alter these chemicals, increase plant toxins and/or reduce its phytonutrients. For example, GM soybeans produce less cancerfighting isoflavones. Overall, studies show genetic modification produces unintended changes in nutrients, toxins, allergens and small molecule metabolism products. To create a GM soybean with a more complete protein balance, Pioneer Hi-Bred inserted a Brazil nut gene. By doing it, an allergenic protein was introduced affecting people

allergic to Brazil nuts. When tests confirmed this, the project was cancelled. GM proteins in other crops like corn and papaya may also be allergenic. The same problem exists for other crops like Bt corn, and evidence shows allergies skyrocketed after GM crops were introduced. Another study of Monsantos high-lysine corn showed it contained toxins and other potentially harmful substances that may retard growth. If consumed in large amounts, it may also adversely affect human health. In addition, when this product is cooked, it may produce toxins associated with Alzheimers, diabetes, allergies, kidney disease, cancer and aging symptoms. Disease-resistant crops like zucchini, squash and Hawaiian papaya may promote human viruses and other diseases, and eating these products may suppress the bodys natural defense against viral infections. Protein structural aspects in GM crops may be altered in unforeseen ways. They may be misfolded or have added molecules. During insertion, transgenes may become truncated, rearranged or interspersed with other DNA pieces with unknown harmful effects. Transgenes may also be unstable and spontaneously rearrange over time, again with unpredictable consequences. In addition, they may create more than one protein from a process called alternative splicing. Environmental factors, weather, natural and manmade substances and genetic disposition of a plant further complicate things and pose risks. Theyre introduced as well because genetic engineering disrupts complex DNA relationships. Contrary to industry claims, studies show transgenes arent destroyed digestively in humans or animals. Foreign DNA can wander, survive in the gastro-intestinal tract, and be transported by blood to internal organs. This raises the risk that transgenes may transfer to gut bacteria, proliferate over time, and get into cells DNA, possibly causing chronic diseases. A single human feeding study confirmed that genes, in fact, transferred from GM soy into the DNA gut bacteria of three of seven test subjects. Antibiotic Resister Marker (ARM) genes are attached to transgenes prior to insertion and allow cells to survive antibiotic applications. If ARM genes transfer to pathogenic gut or mouth bacteria, they potentially can cause antibiotic-resistant super-diseases. The proliferation of GM crops increases the possibility. The CaMV promoter in nearly all GMOs can also transfer and may switch on random genes or viruses that produce toxins, allergens or carcinogens as well as create genetic instability. GM crops interact with their environment and are part of a complex ecosystem that includes our food. These crops may increase environmental and other toxins that may accumulate throughout the food chain. Crops genetically engineered to be glufosinate (herbicide)resistant may produce intestinal herbicide with known toxic effects. If transference to gut bacteria occurs, greater problems may result. Repeated use of seeds like Monsantos Roundup Ready soybeans results in vicious new super-weeds that need far greater amounts of stronger herbicides to combat. Their toxic residues remain in crops that humans and animals then eat. Even small amounts of these toxins may be endocrine disruptors that can affect human reproduction adversely. Evidence exists that GM crops accumulate toxins or concentrate them in milk or animals

fed GM feed. Disease-resistant crops may also produce new plant viruses that affect humans. All type GM foods, not just crops, carry these risks. Milk, for example, from cows injected with Monsantos bovine growth hormone (rbGH), has much higher levels of the hormone IGF-1 that risks breast, prostate, colon, lung and other cancers. The milk also has lower nutritional value. GM food additives also pose health risks, and their use has proliferated in processed foods. Potential harm to adults is magnified for children. Another concern is that pregnant mothers eating GM foods may endanger their offspring by harming normal fetal development and altering gene expression thats then passed to future generations. Children are also more endangered than adults, especially those drinking substantial amounts of rbGH-treated milk. Conclusion The above information is largely drawn from Smiths Genetic Roulette. The data is startling and confirms a clear conclusion. The proliferation of untested, unregulated GM foods in the span of a decade is more a leap of faith than reliable science. Microbiologist Richard Lacey captures the risk stating: it is virtually impossible to even conceive of a testing procedure to assess the health effects of (GM) foods when introduced into the food chain, nor is there any valid nutritional or public interest reason for their introduction. Other scientists worldwide agree that GM foods entered the market long before science could evaluate their safety and benefits. They want a halt to this dangerous experiment that needs decades of rigorous research and testing before we can know. Unchecked and unregulated, human health and safety are at risk because once GMOs enter the food chain, the genie is out of the bottle for keeps. Thankfully, resistance is growing worldwide, many millions are opposed, but reversing the tide wont be easy. Washington and Ag biotech are on a roll with big unstated aims total control of our food, making it all genetically engineered, and scheming to use it as a weapon to reward friends and punish enemies. Smith is hopeful that people will prevail over profits. Hopefully hes right because human health and safety must never be compromised. Resistance already halted the introduction of new crop varieties, and Smith believes that with enough momentum existing ones may end up withdrawn. He cites an example he calls a Shift away from GM foods in the United States in 2007. Leading it is an initiative launched last spring to re move GM ingredients from the entire natural food sector. Its led by a coalition of natural food products producers, distributors and retailers along with the Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT). Its called the Campaign for Healthier Eating in Amer ica, and its aims are big to educate consumers about GM food risks and promote healthy alternatives through shopping guides. A Pew survey reported that 29% of Americans, representing 87 million people, strongly oppose these foods and believe theyre unsafe. Thats a respectable start if backed up with efforts to avoid them, and more information how is at ResponsibleTechnology.org. Jeffrey Smith founded IRT in 2003 to promote the responsible use of technology and stop GM foods and crops through both grassroots and national strategies. It seeks safe

alternatives and aims to ban the genetic engineering of our food supply and all outdoor releases of (GM) organisms, at least until (or unless scientific opinion) believes such products are safe and appropriate based on independent and reliable data. IRT urges consumers to become educated about the risks, mobilize to combat them and act in our mutual self-interest. Its beginning to happen, and Smith believes there is an excellent chance that food manufacturers will abandon GM foods in the near future if a public groundswell demands it. He ends his book saying: Although GMOs present one of the greatest dangers, with informed, motivated people, it is one of the easiest global issues to solve. Hopefully hes right. Global Research Associate Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to The Global Research News Hours on RBN Mondays from 11AM to 1PM US Central time for cutting-edge discussions of world and national topics with distinguished guests. Copyright 2013 Global Research

HUGE LIST OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED GROCERY FRANKENFOODSPosted By: neuamerica Date: Saturday, 21-Feb-2004 14:05:15 http://truefoodnow.org/shoppers-guide/ (Special thanks to Steve Quayle's website, http://www.stevequayle.com/index1.html for posting

this link) I have always wanted to know which foods I have been eating are genetically modified. This article is quite ironic because I just ate a Hostess Cupcake (which I normally never eat) as a lunch treat. It tasted aweful! I remember when I was little how good foods used to taste. Reeses peanut butter cups used to be good too, now they taste like detergent. Fruits and vegatables used to be crisp and juicey, now they're mushy and dry. Dorito's used to be a favorite of mine, now they're disgusting. I just found this article, and the foods listed shocked me. Cheerios are GM food! This is another list of products everybody should boycott, just like the "Outsourcing," list I posted last week, thanks to Lou Dobb's and his fantastic coverage. GM labeling on all food products is mandatory in Europe, but here in America consumer's are left in the dark as to exactly what they are eating. Here is the list of Genetically Modified Foods - get ready to clean out your pantry! FOR A FULL LISTING OF NON-GM FOODS, the link is posted above for the Truefoodnow website. Prepare to blow chunks, this list is shocking. A few general observations: The availability of Non GM food vs. GM food is about 50/50. Most "brand name," products and corporate giants genetically modify their foods. Most foods listed under the "non-genetically modified," section are not well known and are not considered "mainstream." baby food Nabisco (Phillip Morris) Arrowroot Teething Biscuits Infant formula Carnation Infant Formulas (Nestle) AlSoy Good Start Follow-Up Follow-Up Soy Enfamil Infant Formulas (Mead Johnson) Enfamil with Iron Enfamil Low Iron Enfamil A.R. Enfamil Nutramigen Enfamil Lacto Free Enfamil 22 Enfamil Next step (soy and milk-based varieties) Enfamil Pro-Soybee

Isomil Infant Formulas (Abbot Labs) Isomil Soy Isomil Soy for Diarrhea Similac (Abbot Labs) Similac Lactose Free Similac with Iron Similac Low Iron Similac Alimentum baking GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS baking mixes Aunt Jemima (Quaker) Complete Pancake & Waffle Mix Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix Cornbread Mix Easy Mix Coffee Cake Betty Crocker (General Mills) Pie Crust Mix Original Pancake Mix Complete Pancake Mix Buttermilk Complete Pancake Mix Muffin Mixes Banana Nut Lemon Poppy Seed Blueberry Wild Blueberry Chocolate Chip Apple Streusel Quick Bread Mixes Banana Cinnamon Streusel Lemon Poppy Seed Cranberry Orange Gingerbread Cookie Mixes Chocolate Chip Double Chocolate Chunk Sugar Peanut Butter Bisquik

(Betty Crocker/General Mills) Original Reduced Fat Shake 'n Pour Pancake Mix Shake 'n Pour Buttermilk Pancake Mix Shake 'n Pour Blueberry Pancake Mix Duncan Hines (Aurora Foods) Muffin Mixes Kellogg's All-Bran Apple Cinnamon Kellogg's All-Bran Blueberry Blueberry Blueberry Crumb Chocolate Chip Hungry Jack (Pillsbury) Buttermilk Pancake Mix Extra Light & Fluffy Pancake Mix (all varieties) Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix Blueberry Muffin Mix Raspberry Muffin Mix Pie Crust Mix Mrs. Butterworths (Aurora Foods) Complete Pancake Mix Buttermilk Pancake Mix Pepperidge Farms (Campbell's) Buttermilk Pancake Mix Pillsbury Quick Bread & Muffin Mixes Blueberry Chocolate Chip Banana Cranberry Lemon Poppyseed Nut Hot Roll Mix Gingerbread baking needs Bakers (Kraft/Phillip Morris) Unsweetened Chocolate Semi-Sweet Chocolate

German Sweet Chocolate White Chocolate Hershey's Semi-Sweet Baking Chips Milk Chocolate Chips Mini Kisses Nestle Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips Milk Chocolate Chips White Chocolate Butterscotch Chips Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking Bars bread GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS Holsum (Interstate Bakeries) Holsum Thin Sliced Roman Meal 12 Grain Round Top Home Pride Buttertop White Buttertop Wheat Pepperidge Farms (Campbell's) Cinnamon Swirl Light Oatmeal Light Wheat 100% Whole Wheat Hearty Slices 7 Grain 9 Grain Crunchy Oat Whole Wheat Light Side Oatmeal Wheat 7 Grain Soft Dinner Rolls Club Rolls Sandwich Buns Hoagie Rolls Thomas' (Bestfoods)

English Muffins Original Cinnamon Raisin Honey Wheat Oat Bran Blueberry Maple French Toast Toast-r-Cakes Blueberry Toast-r-Cakes Corn Muffins Wonder (Interstate Bakeries) White Sandwich Bread Country Grain Buttermilk Thin Sandwich Light Wheat 100% Stoneground Wheat Fat Free Multigrain Premium Potato Beefsteak Rye Wonder Hamburger Buns breakfast GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS breakfast bars Kellogg's Pop Tarts (all varieties) Pop Tarts Snack Stix (all) Nutri-Grain Bars (all) Nutri-Grain Fruit Filled Squares (all) Nutri-Grain Twists (all) Fruit-Full Squares (all) Nabisco (Nabisco/Phillip Morris) Fruit & Grain Bars (all varieties) Nature Valley (General Mills) Oats & Honey Granola Bars

Peanut Butter Granola Bars Cinnamon Granola Bars Pillsbury (General Mills) Toaster Scrambles & Strudels (all varieties) Quaker Chewy Granola Bars (all varieties) Fruit & Oatmeal Bars (all varieties) waffles Aunt Jemima Frozen Waffles Buttermilk Blueberry Eggo Frozen Waffles (Kellogg's) Homestyle Buttermilk Nutri-Grain Whole Wheat Nutri-Grain Multi Grain Cinnamon Toast Blueberry Strawberry Apple Cinnamon Banana Bread Hungry Jack Frozen Waffles (Pillsbury/General Mills) Homestyle Buttermilk cereal GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS General Mills Cheerios Wheaties Total Corn Chex Lucky Charms Trix Kix Golden Grahams Cinnamon Grahams Count Chocula Honey Nut Chex

Frosted Cheerios Apple Cinnamon Cheerios Multi-Grain Cheerios Frosted Wheaties Brown Sugar & Oat Total Basic 4 Reeses Puffs French Toast Crunch Kellogg's Frosted Flakes Corn Flakes Special K Raisin Bran Rice Krispies Corn Pops Product 19 Smacks Froot Loops Marshmallow Blasted Fruit Loops Apple Jacks Crispix Smart Start All-Bran Complete Wheat Bran Complete Oat Bran Just Right Fruit & Nut Honey Crunch Corn Flakes Raisin Bran Crunch Cracklin' Oat Bran Country Inn Specialties (all varieties) Mothers Cereals (Quaker) Toasted Oat Bran Peanut Butter Bumpers Groovy Grahams Harvest Oat Flakes Harvest Oat Flakes w/Apples & Almonds Honey Round Ups Post (Kraft-Phillip Morris) Raisin Bran Bran Flakes Grape Nut Flakes Grape Nut O's Fruit & Fibre date, raisin and walnut

Fruit & Fibre peach, raisin and almond Honey Bunch of Oats Honey Nut Shredded Wheat Honey Comb Golden Crisp Waffle Crisp Cocoa Pebbles Cinna-Crunch Pebbles Fruity Pebbles Alpha-Bits Post Selects Cranberry Almond Post Selects Banana Nut Crunch Post Selects Blueberry Morning Post Selects Great Grains Quaker Life Cinnamon Life 100% Natural Granola Toasted Oatmeal Toasted Oatmeal Honey Nut Oat Bran Cap'n Crunch Cap'n Crunch Peanut Butter Crunch Cap'n Crunch Crunchling Berries chocolate GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS candy Cadbury (Cadbury/Hershey's) Mounds Almond Joy York Peppermint Patty Dairy Milk Roast Almond Fruit & Nut Hershey's Kit-Kat Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Mr. Goodbar Special Dark Milk Chocolate Kisses Symphony Kraft

(Kraft/Phillip Morris) Toblerone (all varieties) Mars M&M (all varieties) Snickers Three Musketeers Milky Way Twix Nestle Crunch Milk Chocolate Chunky Butterfinger 100 Grand drink mixes and dessert toppings Carnation (Nestle) Hot Cocoa Mixes: Rich Chocolate Double Chocolate Milk Chocolate Marshmallow Madness Mini Marshmallow No Sugar Hershey's Chocolate Syrup Special Dark Chocolate Syrup Strawberry Syrup Nestle Nesquik Strawberry Nesquik Swiss Miss (ConAgra) Hot Cocoa Mixes: Chocolate Sensation Milk Chocolate Marshmallow Lovers Marshmallow Lovers Fat Free No Sugar Added condiments GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS Del Monte

(Nabisco/Phillip Morris) Ketchup Heinz Ketchup (regular & no salt) Chili Sauce Cocktail Sauce Heinz 57 Steak Sauce Hellman's (Bestfoods) Real Mayonnaise Light Mayonnaise Low-Fat Mayonnaise Hunt's (ConAgra) Ketchup (regular & no salt) KC Masterpiece (Clorox) Original BBQ sauce Garlic & Herb Marinade Honey Teriyaki Marinade Kraft (Kraft/Phillip Morris) Miracle Whip (all varieties) Kraft Mayonnaise (all) Thick & Spicy BBQ sauces (all varieties) Char Grill BBQ sauce Honey Hickory BBQ sauce Nabisco (Nabiso/Phillip Morris) A-1 Steak Sauce Open Pit (Vlasic/Campbells) BBQ sauces (all) salsa Chi-Chi's (Hormel) Fiesta Salsa (all varieties) Old El Paso (Pillsbury)

Thick & Chunky Salsa Garden Pepper Salsa Taco Sauce Picante Sauce Ortega (Nestle) Taco Sauce Salsa Prima Homestyle Salsa Prima Roasted Garlic Salsa Prima 3 Bell Pepper Thick & Chunky Salsa Pace (Campbells) Chunky Salsa Picante Sauce Tostitos Salsa (Frito-Lay/Pepsi) All Natural All Natural Thick & Chunky Roasted Garlic Restaurant Style cookies GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS Delicious Brands (Parmalat) Animal Crackers Ginger Snaps Fig Bars Oatmeal Sugar-Free Duplex Honey Grahams Cinnamon Grahams Fat Free Vanilla Wafers English Toffee Heath Cookies Butterfinger Cookies Skippy Peanut Butter Cookies Famous Amos (Keebler/Flowers Industries) Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Sandwich Peanut Butter Sandwich Vanilla Sandwich Oatmeal Macaroon Sandwich

Frookies (Delicious Brands/Parmalat) Peanut Butter Chunk Chocolate Chip Double Chocolate Frookwich Vanilla Frookwich Chocolate Frookwich Peanut Butter Frookwich Lemon Funky Monkeys Chocolate Ginger Snaps Lemon Wafers Keebler (Keebler/Flowers Industries) Chips Deluxe Sandies E.L. Fudge Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Golden Vanilla Wafers Droxies Vienna Fingers Fudge Shoppe Fudge Stripes Fudge Shoppe Double Fudge & Caramel Fudge Shoppe Fudge Stix Fudge Shoppe Peanut Butter Fudge Stix Country Style Oatmeal Graham Originals Graham Cinnamon Crisp Graham Chocolate Graham Honey Low Fat Crme Filled Wafers Chocolate Filled Wafers Nabisco (Nabisco/Phillip Morris) Oreo (all varieties) Chips Ahoy! (all varieties) Fig Newtons (and all Newtons varities) Lorna Doone Nutter Butters Barnum Animal Crackers Nilla Wafers Nilla Chocolate Wafers Pecanz Shortbread Family Favorites Oatmeal

Famous Wafers Fudge Covered Mystic Sticks Honey Maid Graham Crackers Honey Maid Cinnamon Grahams Honey Maid Chocolate Grahams Honey Maid Oatmeal Crunch Teddy Grahams Teddy Grahams Cinnamon Teddy Grahams Chocolate Teddy Grahams Chocolate Chips Caf Cremes Vanilla Caf Crme Cappuccino Pepperidge Farm (Campbell's) Milano Mint Milano Chessmen Bordeaux Brussels Geneva Chocolate Chip Lemon Nut Shortbread Sugar Ginger Men Raspberry Chantilly Strawberry Verona Chocolate Mocha Salzburg Chocolate Chunk Chesapeake Chocolate Chunk Nantucket Chocolate Chunk Sausalito Oatmeal Raisin Soft Baked Sesame Street (Keebler) Cookie Monster Chocolate Chip Chocolate Sandwich Vanilla Sandwich Cookie Pals Honey Grahams Cinnamon Grahams Frosted Grahams Snack Wells (Nabisco/Phillip Morris) Devil's Food Golden Devil's Food

Mint Crme Coconut Crme Chocolate Sandwich Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Chip Double Chocolate Chip crackers GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS Keebler (Keebler/Flowers Industries) Town House Club Munch 'Ems (all varieties) Wheatables Zesta Saltines Toasteds (Wheat, Onion, Sesame & Butter Crisps) Snax Stix (Wheat, Cheddar & original) Harvest Bakery (Multigrain, Butter, Corn Bread) Nabisco (Nabisco/Phillip Morris) Ritz (all varieties) Wheat Thins (all) Wheatsworth Triscuits Waverly Sociables Better Cheddars Premium Saltines (all) Ritz Snack Mix (all) Vegetable Flavor Crisps Swiss Cheese Flavor Crisps Cheese Nips (all) Uneeda Biscuits Pepperidge Farm (Campbell's)

Butter Thins Hearty Wheat Cracker Trio Cracker Quartet Three Cheese Snack Stix Sesame Snack Stix Pumpernickel Snack Stix Goldfish (original, cheddar, parmesan, pizza, pretzel) Goldfish Snack Mix (all) Red Oval Farms (Nabisco/Phillip Morris) Stoned Wheat Thins (all varieties) Crisp 'N Light Sourdough Rye Crisp 'N Light Wheat Sunshine (Flowers Industries) Cheeze-It (original & reduced fat) Cheeze-It White Cheddar Cheeze-It Party Mix Krispy Original Saltines frozen dinners GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS Banquet (ConAgra) Pot Pies (all varieties) Fried Chicken Salisbury Steak Chicken Nugget Meal Pepperoni Pizza Meal Budget Gourmet (Heinz) Roast Beef Supreme Beef Stroganoff Three Cheese Lasagne Chicken Oriental & Vegeatble Fettuccini Primavera Green Giant (Pillsbury) Rice Pilaf with Chicken Flavored Sauce

Rice Medley with Beef Flavored Sauce Primavera Pasta Pasta Accents Creamy Cheddar Create-a-Meals Parmesan Herb Chicken Cheesy Pasta and Vegetable Beef Noodle Sweet & Sour Mushroom Wine Chicken Healthy Choice (ConAgra) Stuffed Pasta Shells Chicken Parmagiana Country Breaded Chicken Roast Chicken Breast Beef Pot Roast Chicken & Corn Bread Cheese & Chicken Tortellini Lemon Pepper Fish Shrimp & Vegetable Macaroni & Cheese Kid Cuisine (ConAgra) Chicken Nugget Meal Fried Chicken Taco Roll Up Corn Dog Cheese Pizza Fish Stix Macaroni & Cheese Lean Cuisine (Stouffer's/Nestle) Skillet Sensations Chicken & Vegetable Broccoli & Beef Homestyle Beef Teriyaki Chicken Chicken Alfredo Garlic Chicken Roast Turkey Hearty Portions Chicken Florentine Beef Stroganoff Cheese & Spinach Manicotti Salisbury Steak Caf Classics Baked Fish

Baked Chicken Chicken a L'Orange Chicken Parmesan Meatloaf with Whipped Potatoes Everyday Favorites Chicken Fettuccini Chicken Pie Angel Hair Pasta Three Bean Chili with Rice Macaroni & Cheese Marie Callenders (ConAgra) Chicken Pot Pie Lasagna & Meat Sauce Turkey & Gravy Meat Loaf & Gravy Country Fried Chicken & Gravy Fettuccini with Broccoli & Cheddar Roast Beef with Mashed Potatoes Country Fried Pork Chop with Gravy Chicken Cordon Bleu Ore-Ida Frozen Potatoes (Heinz) Fast Fries Steak fries Zesties Shoestrings Hash Browns Tater Tots Potato Wedges Crispy Crunchies Rosetto Frozen Pasta (Heinz) Cheese Ravioli Beef Ravioli Italian Sausage Ravioli Eight Cheese Stuffed Shells Eight Cheese Broccoli Stuffed Shells Stouffer's (Nestle) Family Style Favorites Macaroni & Cheese Stuffed Peppers Broccoli au Gratin Meat Loaf in Gravy

Green Bean & Mushroom Casserole Homestyle Meatloaf Salisbury Steak Chicken Breast in Gravy Hearty Portions Salisbury Steak Chicken Fettucini Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes Chicken Pot Pie Swanson (Vlasic/Campbells) Meat Loaf Fish & Chips Salisbury Steak Chicken Nuggets Hungry Man Fried Chicken Roast Chicken Fisherman's Platter Pork Rib Voila! (Bird's Eye/Agri-Link Foods) Chicken Voila! Alfredo Chicken Voila! Garlic Chicken Voila! Pesto Chicken Voila! Three Cheese Steak Voila! Beef Sirloin Shrimp Voila! Garlic Weight Watchers (Heinz) Smart Ones Fiesta Chicken Basil Chicken Ravioli Florentine Fajita Chicken Roasted Vegetable Primavera dressings/salad oils none listed under GM modified energy bars and drinks GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS energy bars

Power Bar (Nestle) Oatmeal Raisin Apple Cinnamon Peanut Butter Vanilla Crisp Chocolate Peanut Butter Mocha Banana Wild Berry Harvest Bars Apple Crisp Blueberry Chocolate Fudge Brownie Strawberry Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip drink mixes Carnation Instant Breakfast Mix (Nestle) Creamy Milk Chocolate Classic Chocolate French Vanilla Strawberry Caf Mocha heat and serve meals GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS Chef Boyardee (ConAgra) Beefaroni Macaroni & Cheese Mini Ravioli ABC's & 123's Dinty Moore (Hormel) Beef Stew Turkey Stew Chicken & Dumplings Hormel Chili with Beans Chili No Beans Vegetarian Chili with Beans Kids' Kitchen (Hormel) Spaghetti Rings with Meatballs

Macaroni & Cheese Pizza Wedges with 3 Cheese Franco-American (Campbell's) Spaghetti O's Mini Ravioli Power Rangers Pasta in Sauce meat and dairy alternatives GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS meat alternatives Loma Linda (Worthington/Kellogg's*) Meatless Chik Nuggest Morningstar (Worthington/Kellogg's*) Harvest Burger Better 'n Burgers Garden Veggie Patties Grillers Burgers Black Bean Burger Chicken Patties Natural Touch (Worthington/Kellogg's*) Garden Vegetable Pattie Black Bean Burger Okra Pattie Lentil Rice Loaf Nine Bean Loaf Worthington (Worthington/Kellogg's*) Vegetarian Burger Savory Slices dairy alternatives Nutra Blend Soy Beverage (Bestfoods) Original Vanilla Apple Orange *A company letter states that they are in the process of converting to non-genetically modified "proteins" in all products. meal mixes and sauce packets

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS Betty Crocker (General Mills) Garden Vegetable Pilaf Creamy Herb Risotto Garlic Alfredo Fettuccini Bowl Appetit Cheddar Broccoli Macaroni & Cheese Pasta Alfredo Knorr (Bestfoods) Mushroom Risotto Italian Rice Broccoli au Gratin Risotto Vegetable Primavera Risotto Risotto Milanese Original Pilf Chicken Pilaf Rotini with 4 Cheese Bow Tie Pasta with Chicken & Vegetable Penne with Sun-Dried Tomato Fettuccini with Alfredo Classic Sauce Packets Hollandaise Barnaise White Brown Lemon Herb Mushroom Brown Onion Roasted Chicken Roasted Pork Roasted Turkey Pasta Sauce Packets Alfredo Four Cheese Carbonara Pesto Garlic Herb Lipton (Unilever) Rice & Sauce Packets Chicken Broccoli Cheddar Broccoli Beef Flavor Spanish Chicken Flavor

Creamy Chicken Mushroom Sizzle & Stir Skillet Supers Lemon Garlic Chicken & Rice Spanish Chicken & Rice Herb Chicken & Bowties Cheddar Chicken & Shells Near East (Quaker) Spicy Tomato Pasta Mix Roasted Garlic & Olive Oil Pasta Mix Falafel Mix Lentil Pilaf Couscous Tomato Lentil Parmesan Toasted Pinenut Herb Chicken Broccoli & Cheese Curry Pasta Roni (Quaker) Fettuccini Alfredo Garlic Alfredo Angel Hair Pasta with Herbs Angel Hair Pasta with Parmesan Cheese Angel Hair Pasta with Tomato Parmesan Angel Hair Pasta Primavera Garlic & Olive Oil with Vermicelli Rice-a-Roni (Quaker) Rice Pilaf Beef Chicken Fried Rice Chicken & Broccoli Long Grain & Wild Rice Broccoli au Gratin Uncle Ben's (Mars) Long Grain & Wild Rice (Original & with Garlic) Brown & Wild Rice Mushroom Country Inn Mexican Fiesta Country Inn Oriental Fried Rice

Country Inn Chicken & Vegetable Country Inn Chicken & Broccoli Natural Select Chicken & Herb Natural Select Tomato & Basil Chef's Recipe Chicken & Vegetable Pilaf Chef's Recipe Beans & Rice Chef's Recipe Broccoli Rice frozen pizza GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS Celeste (Aurora Foods) Supreme Pepperoni Vegetable Four Cheese Deluxe Cheese Tombstone (Kraft/Phillip Morris) Pepperoni Supreme Sausage & Pepperoni Extra Cheese Stuffed Crust Three Cheese Totino's (Pillsbury) Crisp Crust Pepperoni Combination snack foods GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS Act II Microwave Popcorn (ConAgra) Butter Extreme Butter Corn on the Cob Frito-Lay* (PepsiCo) Lays Potato Chips (all varieties) Ruffles Potato Chips

(all) Doritos Corn Chips (all) Tostitos Corn Chips (all) Fritos Corn Chips (all) Cheetos (all) Rold Gold Pretzels (all) Cracker Jack Popcorn Healthy Choice Microwave Popcorn (ConAgra) Organic Corn (soy/canola oils) Mothers Corn Cakes (Quaker) Butter Pop Orville Redenbacher Microwave Popcorn (ConAgra) Original Homestyle Butter Smart Pop Pour Over Orville Redenbacher Popcorn Cakes Chocolate Caramel Orville Redenbacher Mini Popcorn Cakes Butter Peanut Caramel Chocolate Peanut Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn (Betty Crocker/General Mills) Natural Homestyle Jumbo Pop Extra Butter Light 94% Fat Free Butter Pringles (Procter & Gamble) Original Low Fat Pizza-licious

Sour Cream & Onion Salt & Vinegar Cheezeums Quaker Rice Cakes Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch Cinnamon Streusel Mini Chocolate Ranch Sour Cream & Onion Apple Cinnamon Caramel Corn Quaker Corn Cakes White Cheddar Caramel Corn Strawberry Crunch Caramel Chocolate Chip *Frito has informed its corn and potato suppliers that the company wishes to avoid GE crops, but acknowledges that canola or other oils and ingredients in its products may be from GE sources. soda and juice drinks GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS sodas Coca Cola Coca Cola Sprite Cherry Coke Barq's Root Beer Minute Maid Orange Minute Maid Grape Surge Ultra PepsiCo Pepsi Slice Wild Cherry Pepsi Mug Root Beer Mountain Dew Cadbury/Schweppes 7-Up Dr. Pepper A & W Root Beer Sunkist Orange Schweppes Ginger Ale

juice drinks Capri Sun juices (Kraft/Phillip Morris) Red Berry Surfer Cooler Splash Cooler Wild Cherry Strawberry Kiwi Fruit Punch Pacific Cooler Strawberry Orange Grape Fruitopia (Coca Cola) Grape Beyond Berry Lemonade Fruit Integration Kiwiberry Ruckus Strawberry Passion Tremendously Tangerine Fruit Works (PepsiCo) Strawberry Melon Peach Papaya Pink Lemonade Apple Raspberry Gatorade (Quaker) Lemon Lime Orange Fruitpunch Fierce Grape Frost Riptide Rush Hawaiian Punch (Procter & Gamble) Tropical Fruit Grape Geyser Fruit Juicy Red Strawberry Surfin Hi-C (Coca Cola) Pink Lemonade Watermelon Rapids Boppin' Berry Tropical Punch

Smashin' Wildberry Blue Cooler Blue Moon Berry Orange Cherry Kool Aid (Kraft/Phillip Morris) Blastin' Berry Cherry Bluemoon Berry Kickin' Kiwi Lime Tropical Punch Wild Berry Tea Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail Cranapple CranGrape CranRaspberry CranStrawberry CranMango Squeeze It (Betty Crocker/General Mills) Rockin' Red Puncher Chucklin' Cherry Mystery 2000 Sunny Delight (Procter & Gamble) Sunny Delight Original Sunny Delight With Calcium Citrus Punch Sunny Delight California Style Citrus Punch Tang juices (Kraft/Phillip Morris) Orange Uproar Fruit Frenzy Berry Panic Tropicana Twisters (PepsiCo) Grape Berry Apple Raspberry Blackberry Cherry Berry Cranberry Raspberry Strawberry Pink Grapefruit Tropical Strawberry Orange Cranberry Orange Strawberry Banana V-8 (Campbells)

V8 Tomato Juices (all varieties) Strawberry Kiwi Strawberry Banana Fruit Medley Berry Blend Citrus Blend Apple Medley Tropical Blend Island Blend soup GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS Campbell's Tomato Chicken Noodle Cream of Chicken Cream of Mushroom Cream of Celery Cream of Broccoli Cheddar Cheese Green Pea Healthy Request Chicken Noodle Cream of Chicken Cream of Mushroom Cream of Celery Campbell's Select Roasted Chicken with Rice Grilled Chicken with Sundried Tomatoes Chicken Rice Vegetable Beef Chunky Beef with Rice Hearty Chicken & Vegetable Pepper Steak Baked Potato with Steak & Cheese New England Clam Chowder Soup to Go Chicken Noodle Chicken Rice Garden Vegetable Vegetable Beef & Rice Simply Home Chicken Noodle Chicken Rice

Garden Vegetable Vegetable Beef with Pasta Healthy Choice (ConAgra) Country Vegetable Fiesta Chicken Bean & Pasta Chicken Noodle Chicken with Rice Minestrone Pepperidge Farms (Campbell's) Corn Chowder Lobster Bisque Chicken & Wild Rice New England Clam Chowder Crab Soup Progresso (Pillsbury) Tomato Basil Chicken Noodle Chicken & Wild Rice Chicken Barley Lentil New England Clam Chowder Zesty Herb Tomato Roasted Chicken with Rotini Fat Free Minestrone Fat Free Chicken Noodle Fat Free Lentil Fat Free Roast Chicken tomatoes and tomato sauces

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS Del Monte (Nabisco/Phillip Morris) Tomato Sauce Five Brothers Pasta Sauces (Lipton/Unilever) Summer Vegetable

Five Cheese Roasted Garlic & Onion Tomato & Basil Healthy Choice Pasta Sauces (ConAgra) Traditional Garlic & Herb Sun-Dried Tomato & Herb Hunts (ConAgra) Traditional Spaghetti Sauce Four Cheese Spaghetti Sauce Tomato Sauce Tomato Paste Prego Pasta Sauces (Campbells) Tomato, Basil & Garlic Fresh Mushroom Ricotta Parmesan Meat Flavored Roasted Garlic & Herb Three Cheese Mini-Meatball Chicken with Parmesan Ragu Sauces (Lipton/Unilever) Old World Traditional Old World with Meat Old World Marinara Old World with Mushrooms Ragu Robusto Parmesan & Romano Ragu Robusto Roasted Garlic Ragu Robusto Sweet Italian Sausage Ragu Robusto Six Cheese Ragu Robusto Tomato, Olive Oil & Garlic Ragu Robusto Classic Italian Meat Chunky Garden Style Super Garlic Chunky Garden Style Garden Combo Chunky Garden Style Tomato, Garlic & Onion Chunky Garden Style Tomato, Basil & Italian Cheese Pizza Quick Traditional