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Though there are still quite a few absentee, mail-in and provisional ballots left to be counted, it appears as though California’s Proposition 37, the genetically-engineered (GE) foods labeling initiative, has indeed failed to pass by a very narrow margin. But that does not mean the labeling fight is over, nor does it mean proponents of honesty in food labeling cannot get even with the opposition by actively boycotting the corporations responsible for helping kill the initiative.

If even half of the nearly six million Californians that voted in favor of Prop. 37 decided to stop purchasing the following “natural” and organic food brands, all of which are owned by companies that spent millions to defeat Prop. 37, the financial damage incurred by these corporate traitors would be significant enough to send the message that the people want to know, and have a right to know, whether or not the foods they eat contain genetically-modified organisms (GMOs).

The

Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is calling on honest food advocates everywhere, not just in California, to boycott the following brands for betraying their customers by opposing GMO labeling. OCA Director Ronnie Cummins is urging the public not only to

stop purchasing the following brands, but also to

call their corporate hotlines and demand that they reverse their position and begin supporting GMO labeling initiatives nationwide, including upcoming GMO labeling ballot initiatives in Vermont, Washington state, Connecticut, and elsewhere.

1)

Naked Juice, Tostitos Organic, Tropicana Organic. Each of these popular brands is owned by

PepsiCo, which donated $2.5 million to the No on 37 campaign.

2)

Boca Burger, Back to Nature. These two brands are owned by

Kraft Foods, which donated $2 million to defeat Prop. 37.

3)

“O” Organics. This organic brand is owned by the grocery store chain

Safeway, which is a member of the

Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA). GMA spent $2 million to defeat GMO labeling in California.