Label Monsanto's Frankenfoods!

Please send this letter to the top 6 US food retailers.

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As a shopper who is concerned about the health, environmental, ethical, and socio-economic hazards of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and industrial-scale factory farms or CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations), I strongly believe that we have an inalienable right, as citizens, to know whether the food we are purchasing likely contains Genetically Modified ingredients (specifically soy, corn, cottonseed oil, canola, sugar beets or GM growth hormones) or comes from animals confined in CAFOs.

Although "USDA Organic" standards and labels prohibit the use of GMOs or CAFO confinement practices, the overwhelming majority of non-organic foods in grocery stores or supermarkets do not reveal whether or not they likely contain GMOs or come from a factory farm supply chain.

According to the Grocery Manufacturers Association and the Biotechnology Industry Association, approximately 80% of current grocery food items contain GMOs; while according to U.S. Department of Agriculture records, the majority of beef, pork, poultry, dairy, and eggs now come from CAFOs.

CAFOs are defined legally by the Environmental Protection Agency as confined animal feeding operations containing 1000 beef cattle, 700 dairy cows, 2500 pigs, or 125,000 broilers or 82,000 laying hens or pullets.

Your store should clearly identify all food products containing non-organic soy, corn, cottonseed oil, canola, sugar beets or GM growth hormones with a label or shelf sign that says "May Contain GMOs" and identify all beef, pork, poultry, dairy, and eggs that come from CAFOs with a label or shelf sign that says "CAFO."

Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

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