Re: labeling GE products

Steve Groff (sgroff@epix.net)
Mon, 08 Feb 1999 20:48:44 -0500

Maroc wrote:

> Bob, to add to what you say about corporation strategies backfiring, what
> Monsanto and others know is that if the food is labeled it will not sell
> (unless the price is so much lower it is not profitable).

Zeneca Ag Products has a genetically engineered tomato product on the market,
that is clearly labeled as having GE ingredients, in England. That product has
62% of the market share. One factor that might influence this is that Zeneca's
parent Company is from England.

Steve Groff

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