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Brazilian Court Demands Nestle Label GMO Ingredients
Natural Society / News Report
Published: Wednesday 22 August 2012
“Perhaps even more shocking is the fact that the court exposed a deep relationship between the Brazilian government and a major food industry lobby group that was forged in an effort to stop the court from issuing the ruling.”
It appears another victory has been declared in the battle against Monsanto and GMO ingredients. According to a major Brazilian business publication and GMWatch, a Brazilian court has demanded that multi-billion dollar food giant Nestle label all of their products as genetically modified that have over 1% GMO content. The ruling reportedly coincides with Brazilian law which demands all food manufacturers alert consumers to the presence of GMOs within their products.
Perhaps even more shocking is the fact that the court exposed a deep relationship between the Brazilian government and a major food industry lobby group that was forged in an effort to stop the court from issuing the ruling. This of course is predictable when considering that not only does Monsanto have a massive amount of political power with a figurehead in multiple branches of government, but when considering the previous WikiLeaks report that detailed how those who opposed Monsanto and biotechnology would be subject to ‘military style trade wars’.
The WikiLeaks documents revealed just how closely Monsanto has been working with the United States government, and just how serious the U.S. is about ensuring that the corporation’s GMO crops are widely accepted across the globe.
Amazingly, the Brazilian court took a stand against this corruption. Instead of groveling to Brazilian officials and mega biotechnology groups, the Brazilian business wire reports that the court determined the Brazilian government to be illegally working with the food industry entity known as ABIA. Furthermore, the court stated that consumers have the basic right to know what they are putting into their mouths — especially when it comes to GMO ingredients.
The court issued a fine of $2,478 per product that was found to violate the ruling after finding the presence of GMO ingredients in Nestle’s strawberry “Bono” cookies.
Other nations have taken similar actions against Monsanto and GMOs as a whole, with Poland banning Monsanto’s GM maize and Peru passing a monumental 10 year ban on GMOs as a whole. In the United States, the government continues to ignore and deny the concerns surrounding genetically modified crops and ingredients, instead streamlining the approval process for Monsanto’s new modified creations.
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6 comments on "Brazilian Court Demands Nestle Label GMO Ingredients"
August 22, 2012 1:48pm
Gee, I guess we'll be invading Brazil next.
Gainesville, FL
August 22, 2012 12:09pm
Straystar, why don't you post a link to your thesis? While you are clearly anti-monsanto, do you accept the scientific consensus on the products themselves, or do you side with activist anti-science?
August 22, 2012 9:18pm
KevinFolta. Do you agree that we should not be allowed to know exactly what we are eating?
August 22, 2012 11:12am
Monsanto must be stopped! I am a late comer to the disturbing truth about Genetically Modified Organisms, but I have been researching Monsanto like a crazy man. I'd heard the stories about this multinational giant for years, but it wasn't until I chose to do a thesis on Monsanto that the cold, hard truth came crashing down around me that I became so passionate about educating others. I'm a middle aged guy, and as the years turned from counting up, to counting down I became concerned about my legacy, so I am sharing information about Monsanto and its undeniably, evil endgame, that is, to control the worlds food, with anybody who will listen. If I can convince even one person to Google Monsanto and find out what I did - Then I have possibly saved a life or two.
August 22, 2012 11:06am
Monsanto. The most evil of evil corporations in the world. They must "own" a majority of congress--and the white house--to continue getting their way.
August 22, 2012 11:20am
They do! Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who was a key vote in determining that GMOs are Intellectual Property, was a former Monsanto employee, as was Michael R. Taylor, the one time Vice President for Public Policy at Monsanto, and is now Deputy Commissioner for Foods at the FDA! Linda Fisher went from an Administrative Assistant to the Vice Presidency of Monsanto, and then became the Deputy Administrator at the EPA. Monsanto works with impunity in the U.S. PASS IT ON.