Stay Healthy, my friends,
Gman
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> While this may sound like a Halloween trick, it's not. The Food
> and Drug Administration is proposing that food from genetically
> modified animals be sold for human consumption, and it does not have
> be labeled as genetically engineered.
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> I want to know what I'm buying in the grocery store, which is
> why I just signed an online petition to the FDA calling for labeling
> of all food from genetically engineered animals. Would you take a
> moment to sign the petition also?
>
> Genetically engineered milk and meat may soon become a reality. Goats
> have been engineered with spider genes to produce spider silk in their
> milk. And pigs carry mouse and bacterial DNA to improve the way they
> metabolize their feed. These animals are obviously different than
> their counterparts that have not had their genes altered. Not only
> should the milk and meat from these animals be studied to determine if
> they are safe, they should be labeled so we know exactly what we are
> buying.
>
> Please sign the petition and urge the FDA to reconsider this proposal.
> And then forward this email to friends and family so they can sign,
> too. The more Americans heard from, the better chance we have at
> requiring labeling of genetically engineered food.
>
> Just go to www.NotInMyFood.org to sign the petition. Thank you!
> http://www.NotInMyFood.org
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