Pepsi, Nestle, Coca Cola Revealed as Big Money Behind GMO Labeling Fight By: UKSecrets Tags: SCIENCE/HEALTH/CLIMATE/NATURE Following ongoing legal pressure from campaign groups and the Washington State Attorney Generals office, pro-GMO trade group the Grocery Manufacturers Association released a list of high rolling donors to their campaign aimed at blocking GMO labeling in the state. As was expected, major food corporations and GMO users such as PepsiCo, Nestle USA, The Coca-Cola Co. and General Mills, among many others, had secretly donated millions of dollars to the GMA campaign to stop Washington Initiative 522, which would require the labeling of all products containing GMOs if passed in November. The following is the list of the companies and their contributions in the GMA’s filing: • PepsiCo: $1,620,899 • Nestle USA: $1,052,743 • The Coca-Cola Co.: $1,047,332 • General Mills: $598,819 • ConAgra Foods: $285,281 • Campbell Soup Co.: $265,140 • The Hershey Co.: $248,305 • The J.M. Smucker Co.: $241,091 • Kellogg Co.: $221,852 • Mondelez Global LLC: $144,895 wrh
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 01:14:43 +0000