After arrogantly submitting a measly 2 pages of actual company documentation in its request for Canadian approval of its heavily modified, “no brown” GMO apple, biotech firm Okanagan Specialty Fruits has set its sights on a quick release in the USA.
The USDA announced on its website a 60 day public comment period commencing July 9, 2012 before making a final decision on the subject per the company’s request.
According to polls, 69% of Canadians oppose this new GMO abomination with no doubt a similar or even higher number opposing in the United States given that 90% of Americans support honest labeling of frankenfoods.
Watchdog groups are scrambling to quickly amass opposition even as PhD biotech researchers admit that the resulting proteins created in GMO foods are unpredictable at best, a “normal” byproduct of the genetic engineering process.
Kirk Azevedo, former Monsanto employee turned whisteblower warns:
“I saw what was really the fraud associated with genetic engineering. My impression, and I think most people’s impression with genetically engineered foods and crops and other things, is that it’s just like putting one gene in there and that one gene is expressed….But in reality, the process of genetic engineering changes the cell in such a way that it’s unknown what the effects are going to be.”
Of course, this is exactly why informed consumers are so greatly concerned with the rapid proliferation of GM foods in the food supply as unknown and unpredictable gene changes would likely correlate over the long term with unforeseen and perhaps lethal health consequences to those that consume them.
If approval of GMO apples that don’t brown when cut or bruised (thereby appearing fresh when they are not) is disturbing to you, please click here to fill out a short form telling the USDA exactly where it can put them apples.
Update: According to the Washington Times, the GMO, no brown apple may be deregulated by the FDA and allowed in the US food supply by the end of 2013.
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
Thanks for the head’s up…I wrote them and told them that none of us want those apples, to keep them and eat them themselves! From now on, I’ll seek out blemished apples. 🙂
When will this GMO madness end?! My son loves apples and fresh squeezed apple juice. Thank Goodness we have an apple tree in our yard which is about 75 years old
GMO apples?!!! I had no idea. Thanks for keeping us in the loop on the newest GMO victim. Makes me sick!
Thanks for writing about this. I had no idea it was happening. I’ll definitely spread the word.
I am outraged at this audacity! I will tell everyone I know to boycott apples unless you know where they came from! Someday, this will come back to haunt those who literally tried to “cram their poison down our throats!” SHAME!
done, thanks for the link 🙂
This issue has gotten almost zero coverage from what I’ve seen. I think most Moms would be outraged by this as all our kids eat apples pretty much don’t they? I’m hoping a flood of negative emails hit the USDA and snuff out this GMO application pronto.
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I can’t stand the GMO apples. Brown in the core. I won’t feed them to my dogs anymore either. But I have no idea that they are GMO until I get to that rotten core!
Not that it will stop me from writing them but Sadly my senators don’t care! They consistently vote against all food freedoms for consumers! Having just finished watching Food Inc about 15 mins ago I don’t want to buy food from a grocery store ever again!
blech. . .