Greenpeace Canada-GM Foods

Hello Geeks,

As I mentioned in my previous blog post: "GM Tomatoes in CANADA!!" that I'll talk about Greenpeace. So here goes!

This blog will give you information regarding genetically modified food in Canada through Greenpeace, and also would tell you about the bill that was going to be passed but failed for labeling genetically modified foods in Canada.

Greenpeace is a non-governmental organization. They have several campaigns through out year, and one of them includes, "GMO Foods". This is what their website says about GM Foods:"Genetically engineered foods pose unknown risks to human health and could cause irreversible biological pollution. The government must better regulate this experimental industry and support sustainable, organic agriculture."

I thought that this organization relates a lot towards my role, so why not research more into it?

SO I began researching intensely.

In Canada, all the GM Foods aren't labelled. So, we as consumers have no idea about what or how or if the product was genetically modified.

Bill (C-517)

On April 2008, a bill (c-517) was proposed in order to have mandatory labellings on GM Foods. Unfortunately, the bill "was defeated in the House of Commons by a vote of 101 to 156.

The defeat of Bill C-517 effectively protects the economic interests of GE companies like Monsanto over the rights of Canadians to know what they eat". There was a link of a list of votes by different provinces. I clicked on Ontario saw that 64 MP's had voted NO where as only 27 MP's voted YES for the bill. I am utterly disappointed by the politicians!

( Although,I'm glad that my area which is- Mississauga East-Cooksville/Port Credits MP had voted YES!)

Back to the bill, WOW. Talk about ones lack of humanity. Don't we- Canadians have the right to know about GM Foods labelling? It's like just covering up a mess so that it does not grow bigger...that's exactly what they are doing. Because if it grows bigger, Monsanto and several other biotechnological companies are going to go into huge loss.

As well as that, in the same year of September 2008, a documentary titled"The World According to Monsanto" was made. The documentary was primarily made and focused on Monsanto and their all bad deeds. In addition, It also talked about why the most MP's voted against the bill ignoring "the warnings of scientists from the Royal Society of Canada as well as the wishes of over 80 per cent of Canadians".

The Canadian government wouldn't be happy if the bill was passed, because they are the ones who are "funding the bio-tech industry".

Ofcourse, Greenpeace wont just sit there and do nothing right?

Through their campaigns website I found that,they had a whole list of the guide of what has been genetically modified or what hasn't.I think it's very informative as it shows a list of foods that are genetically modified to the"80% Canadians" too,for whom this list would be VERY USEFUL and HAVE the right to know!

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http://gmoguide.greenpeace.ca/shoppers_guide.pdf- this is a PDF file, that you can download and always refer to whenever you for shopping as well as BE AWARE of the "abnormal" foods. The PDF file contains all the information that one would need to know regarding GM Foods. Information from "what is GE Food?", "The Health and Environmental Risks of GMOs", information about Organic Farmers in Saskatchewan who are fighting Monsanto, as well as the main guide of the labels of GM Foods for shoppers.

In addition,THEY ALSO HAD A LIST FOR TOMATOES! SO I'm going to take it directly from the website (and source it in my references).

Have a look at the Tomatoes that you probably never thought was part of the whole issue (i.e was being genetically modified) and you might still have it in your kitchen, not knowing.

NOW YOU HAVE THE GUIDE BELOW TO HELP YOU NEXT TIME YOU GO GROCERY SHOPPING especially for TOMATOES!

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Green products are notmade with any GE ingredients Eden Foods Inc. Eden Organic Pizza/Pasta Sauce Eden Organic Spaghetti Sauce (All Varieties) Eden Organic Tomatoes Le Commensal Spaghetti Sauce Mayacamas Fine Foods Green Olive Pesto Toss Olive Pesto Toss Pesto Garlic Skillet Toss Spicy Skillet Toss Muir Glen Balsamic Roasted Onion Cabernet Marinara Chunky Tomato Sauce Garden Vegetable Garlic & Onion Garlic Roasted Garlic Garlic Vegetable Sauce Green Olive Italian Herb Mushroom Marinara Pizza Sauce Portabello Mushroom Roasted Red Pepper Sauce Sun Dried Tomato Tomato Basil Tomato Basil Sauce Tomato Paste Tomato Sauce Tomato Sauce (Salt Free) Organic Food Products Inc. Pasta Sauces- All Varieties Simply Natural Pasta Sauces- All Varieties Walnut Acres Marinara & Zinfandel Marinara w/ Herbs Tomato & Basil Whole Foods Market 365 Brand- All Whole Foods Brand- All `

I TOOK THIS PART OUT BECAUSE THERE WASN’T ANYTHING THERE ON THE WEBSITE. This one on the website says: "Yellow products are made by companies that are committed to removing GE ingredients from their products, but have not yet completed the process."

Red products are likely to contain GE ingredients. Catelli Family Favorites Pasta Sauce (All Varieties) Garden Select Pasta Sauce (All Varieties) Garden Select Pizza Sauce Meat Sauce Thick and Chunky Pasta Sauce (All Varieties) Classico 4 Cheese Sauce Alfredo Sauce Mushroom and Ripe Olive Sauce Portobello Mushroom Sauce Spicy Red Pepper Sauce Spicy Tomato & Pesto Sauce Sweet Basil Marinara Sauce Hunt's Four Cheese Spaghetti Sauce Sloppy Joe Traditional Spaghetti Sauce Tomato Sauce Kraft Foods Del Monte Tomato Sauce Maple Leaf Consumer Foods Ltd. Olivieri Pasta Sauces (All Varieties) No Name Pasta Sauce Pasta Sauce w/ Mushrooms Pizza Sauce President's Choice Fire Roasted Tomato Original Pasta Sauce Original Sauce w/ Mushrooms Roasted Red Pepper Spicy Roasted Garlic Ultra Creamy 3 Cheese Alfredo Sauce Ultra Creamy Tomato & Herb Sauce Primo Foods Thick & Zesty Garlic & Herb Pasta Sauce Thick & Zesty Hot & Spicy Pasta Sauce Thick & Zesty Original Pasta Sauce Thick & Zesty Romano Cheese & Basil Pasta Sauce Thick & Zesty Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce Thick & Zesty Tomato & Onion Pasta Sauce Thick & Zesty Tomato Sauce Ragu Chunky Garden Style Pasta Sauce Old World Pasta Sauce Ragu Robusto Pasta Sauce

Links to previous blog posts:

• History and Introduction to the gene insertion
• Flavr Savr Gene Modification
• Disadvantages/Issues of Flavr Savr...(oh and few advantages too)