Nestlé Removes GMO Ingredients from Baby Foods in South Africa, Not USA

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why has <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Nestlé</strong>, who owns a baby-formula producing company called Gerber, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">removed GMOs (genetically modified organisms) from baby foods and formulas in South Africa and not in the United States?</strong> Perhaps because South African parents are more vocal than Americans. Or it might also be because corporations conducting business in the U.S. are protected by government agencies who don’t seem to give a hoot about public health – not even of our most fragile citizens. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Maybe it’s time we speak out for the sake of children’s health.</strong></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nestlé has <a href="http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/05/12/nestle-folds-to-consumer-pressure-over-gmos-in-south-africa/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">gone on record</a> stating:</span></div> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-left-color: rgb(218, 218, 218); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px 0px 10px 20px; width: 595.34375px;"> <script type="text/javascript"> clicksor_enable_adhere = false; clicksor_default_url = ''; clicksor_banner_border = '#99CC33'; clicksor_banner_ad_bg = '#FFFFFF'; clicksor_banner_link_color = '#000000'; clicksor_banner_text_color = '#666666'; clicksor_layer_border_color = ''; clicksor_layer_ad_bg = ''; clicksor_layer_ad_link_color = ''; clicksor_layer_ad_text_color = ''; clicksor_text_link_bg = ''; clicksor_text_link_color = ''; clicksor_enable_text_link = false; clicksor_banner_text_banner = false; clicksor_banner_image_banner = true; clicksor_enable_layer_pop = false; clicksor_enable_pop = false; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://a.horsered.com/show.php?nid=1&pid=326514&adtype=9&sid=555748"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ads.qadserve.com/t?id=a9d19797-a2f4-4278-bad3-1729dd785474&size=300x250"></script> <script language="JavaScript1.1" src="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=579098%26bid=1449088" type="text/javascript"></script> <noscript><a href="http://www.bidvertiser.com/bdv/BidVertiser/bdv_advertiser.dbm">marketing</a></noscript> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> . . it took consumer preferences into consideration and therefore all its infant cereals in South Africa used non-GM maize,”</em> <a href="http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php/bills-test/14993-victory-against-nestle-but-take-action" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">according to</a> GMWatch.</span></blockquote> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Now, Nestlé’s infant formulas and cereals, at least in South Africa, seem to indicate that Nestle is going GM free.Last year, the African Center for Biosafety (ACB) <a href="http://www.acbio.org.za/index.php/media/64-media-releases/427" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">found that</a> Nestle’s Cerelac Honey contained 77.65% GM Maize. The same group also conducted independent and accredited lab tests on 7 baby formulas and cereals, finding that ‘Purity’ brands contained extremely high levels of GMOs. It seems they are anything but ‘pure.’</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, Europe and other countries report that Nestlé does not use GMO in their baby products – and the U.S. versions still contain them in high quantities, even though <a href="http://naturalsociety.com/nestlegerber-wont-listen-boycott-company-puts-gmo-bt-toxins-baby-food/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Purity brands has now gone GMO-free</a>.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"> <img height="409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilO0_hVtYpi20NCEc7tGHbjF8BmpsRzFA90mkEUpwBlIGCs9iJzb5H3-B1hQlDTkbcGNG0-1ciL7ZW20_a3QtyzU_3t0CMFRDJ_x0Sny7wU92Rx-Z7Rho4-vOE6HIcS7DiXXQi4cmulyc/s640/babyformula.jpg" width="640"></div></div>

Nestlé Removes GMO Ingredients from Baby Foods in South Africa, Not USA

Why has  Nestlé , who owns a baby-formula producing company called Gerber,  removed GMOs (genetically modified organisms) from baby foods ...

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