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.
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
Source: Genetically Modified Apples Newest GMO Creation
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blech. . .
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!
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!
Sharing!
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 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!
Thanks for writing about this. I had no idea it was happening. I’ll definitely spread the word.
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GMO apples?!!! I had no idea. Thanks for keeping us in the loop on the newest GMO victim. Makes me sick!
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
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.
Thank you for describing GMOs as what they are, abominations. Hardly anyone wants to eat these literal science experiments, yet they dominate the supply of every crop they infest, while their presence are hidden from the public by the deliberate failure to label them. Now that resistance to these abominations is growing, the government is rushing through approval of more and more of these crimes against nature. We need full labeling now!
The link provided, while handy, REQUIRES a title. No-no-no!! You don’t EVER want to give them a “title!” Shame on them for requiring one.
So does this mean that these apples are now approved in canada?!?! Good thing we buy organic!!
Did your mother ever tell you, “you are what you eat,” growing up? The situation that has transpire in the food industry – GMO and other such ways of owning a means of making humongous amounts of food – is synonymous with making a profit at all costs, YOUR cost. We’ve always had a choice, but we pray to God that the options may not continue to get extremely regulated that the only food we’ll be able to eat will be the kind they eat from a “food replicator” as depicted in the popular TV and Theatre Star Trek stories.
Yes, thank you Sarah, for the post.
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I think its still under consideration in Canada but its further along in the process than the US and things are moving fast here!
Ugh do you know if there is anything we can do to stop this in Canada!!
and i live in canada so its already happening or this is product up from the usa
@El Contact the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and let your concerns be known.
GMO apples are gross…just completely unnatural. They taste terrible too
The only way to contain GMO activity is to vacate the intellectual property associated with it. That would probably require an amendment to the US constitution.
Ciao, Pavil.
My kiddos LOVE apples so thanks for the heads up. I do always buy them organic though. I DID fill out & send the form to voice my disapproval.
DONE! I also posted this to my blog! Thanks so much for alerting us!!
Done and done but thanks for the feedback which may help others.
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I’m not sure any of our foods are “natural” anymore. I’ve suspected cucumbers of being GE for quite a few years and nary a peep about that from the companies or producers. This is starting to be a battle we can’t win. Congresspeople give us the cursory head nod about labeling GMO foods and then vote for the big corporations and forget that we’re the ones who elected them to represent us and our concerns. I have no faith in america anymore. We’ve been shoved down the rabbit hole because they want to manage us rather than have us be self-reliant. We are a bought and paid-for nation of corporate 1%’ers who pride themselves on making the decisions for all of us – not just about food. I used to be somewhat optimistic. Today I don’t feel that way at all. There are GE foods on the market, and have been for years, and we (the public) have no idea. Labeling doesn’t make me feel much better because these companies lie and do it legally. A real shame.
How gross, please everyone click the link and email the USDA !
Did your mother ever tell you, “You are what you eat,” growing up? The situation that has transpired in the food industry – GMO and other such ways of owning a means of making humongous amounts of food – is synonymous with making a profit at all costs, YOUR cost and mine. We’ve always had a choice, but we pray to God that the options may not continue to get extremely regulated so that the only food we’ll be able to eat will be the kind they eat from a “food replicator” like in Star Trek.
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You can bet that if they hit the market, they won’t be labeled either so you will have no idea if you are eating a brown rotten apple or not! Blech!!!
Just another way to fool the consumer. Shameful.
I’m in Canada, and have unfortunately, heard NOTHING of this
I’m assuming though, as long as I only buy organic apples, we’re still safe, right?
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time to plant our own fruit trees like our grandparents did
If that were possible where we are I’d be all over it!
I sent a message to Dr. Mercola’s FB as well as posted the link on it. We need to spread the word quickly. Why don’t we get all food bloggers to write to their followers about it?
I just sent in both responses.
I sent my response, hope this gets turned down!
Done!
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Its so dumb. its purely cosmetic. We have been eating apples this way for centuries, why is it not good enough all of a sudden that it needs genetic modification? Take care of your apples, and they wont get bruised. Its not rocket science.
@Stephy it is unfathomable from our perspective as Moms and caregivers. But from a company’s perspective, brown apples are lost product and lost revenue so a GMO apple that doesn’t bruise and consumers are fooled into buying bad fruit and eating it makes sense to them from a pure profit motive. Of course, it isn’t an ethical approach to business but few businesses are ethical anymore
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I don’t trust the USDA to regulate my food because they deem plenty of nutritionally-dense foods like raw milk illegal and then approve genetically-modified apples for consumption. Why bother contacting the USDA? The whole organization should be eighty-sixed.
thanks for sharing this link.
Please understand that the USDA is INCORPORATED now and in PARTNERSHIP with these mega-agri corporations such as Monsanto – that’s why they will not listen to *us* anymore. It’s been like this for some years now. Most, if not all, of our government entities are now incorporated including our federal government. Our Founding Fathers had strong words about us ever allowing corporations to gain control…too late now.
You are right, Anita Messenger. Yet, I still would be remiss if I didn’t go on record with my complaints.
We still have to try! Good grief!
I agree Sarah, we still gotta try!
You never know when that huge breakthrough is going to occur! Every one of our efforts compounds on the previous ones and there is always a beneficial effect even if it isn’t immediately apparent.
Not pleased to hear this at all but thanks for the story which is too close to home!
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Are you aware of an update on this issue. Oh disgusting!